Establishing product standards and also general standards is the basic priority in the work of the commission. This manifests the emphasized interest of the international community in ensuring high levels of consumer protection. The emphasis is put on the creation of market conditions where only the quality food will be available, with minimum acceptable quality and without any hazards to the health of the population.  

Under the term standard we understand recommendations given by the Commission which are submitted to the governments of the member countries for adoption, in order to be accepted and later implemented in the national regulation.