The CEFTA Secretariat was established following the finalisation of the Headquarters Agreement between the Kingdom of Belgium and the CEFTA Parties. While the CEFTA Parties ratified the Agreement earlier, the ratification procedure has been completed by Belgium on 25th July 2014. On December 19, 2006 in Bucharest under the Chairmanship of Romania, the Central European Free Trade Agreement was substantially amended and its membership enlarged to create CEFTA 2006 – a modern and ambitious free trade agreement with six new Parties from South Eastern Europe.