The paper wants to draw attention to the need of knowing the quality of the agricultural/agri-food products, within the sector, problems which have been construed sequentially. The policy and the components regarding the quality are approached differently, according to the vision of different economic agents and has had as result the typology of the quality policies within the structure of the agri-food sector. The CE policy in the field of the quality of the agri-food products represents a

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... onent of the community agrarian policy (PAC). It simultaneously addresses the enterprises, the public authorities and the consumers and refers to the establishment of the reference frame necessary for the improvement of the quality of the agri-food products, of the competiveness of the European enterprises and the citizens' life.