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Scientific Papers Series B Horticulture

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Figure 2. The „Eco-leaf” logo of E.UTraditional specialitiesThe EU scheme for registration of „traditionalspecialities guaranteed” was intended toidentify and protect the names of traditionalproducts.The Commission proposes to investigate thefeasibility of introducing the term „traditionalproduct” as a reserved term defined withinmarketing standards and abolishing the currentscheme.CONCLUSIONSPractical steps should improve communicationbetween farmers, buyers and consumers on thequality of agricultural products, unify rules onagricultural products quality, and simplifyschemes and labels.The main aims the E.U. farmers should be inroute for in order to obtain higher-rankingproduct exploitation and a raise of the incomeare:-obtaining ecological products;-promoting products with geographicalindications;-certifying the production systems according tothe ISO, quality and food product safetystandards.The certifying of producers and processors ofagro-food products according to the standards(example Global G.A.P etc) determines theirstatute as the market’s preferred provider.The raise of the level of the consumers’education determines their purchasing of theagro-cultural products according to the relationbetween quality and price, which favors thoseproducers and processors which have beencertified according certain laws and standards(for example Codex Alimentarius, etc).REFERENCESBanu C. et al., 2007. Calitatea si analiza senzoriala aproduselor alimentare. Editura AGIR, Bucuresti.Dejeu L., Petrescu C., Chira A., 1997. Hortiviticultura siprotectia mediului inconjurator, Editura Didactica siPedagogica, Bucuresti.Codex Alimentarius Commission and the UN EconomicCommission for Europe (UN/ECE).Green Paper on agricultural product quality: productstandards, farming requirements and quality schemes– COM (2008) 641.http://register.consilium.europa.eu/pdf/en/http://foodqualityschemes.jrc.ec.europa.eu/en/documents/ReportSTKHHearing_final.pdfhttp://ec.eur-lex.europa.eu/.http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/organic/home408

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