In 1988, Italian doctrine examined the issue of whether milk quota was linked to the land or to the dairy undertaking, referring only to Community legislation and to the general principles of the Italian Civil Code on appurtenances of and on farm assets. This chapter summarizes the dispute over Italy's allocation of reference quantities and difficulties in fixing producer quotas. Italian Civil Code states that only tangible property used for the land on a lasting basis can be characterized as an appurtenance; rights or intangible property cannot. It also provides for two distinct cases: transfer of the holding with quota and temporary transfer of quota called quota leasing. Member States may authorize the permanent transfer of quota without the transfer of the corresponding land, with a view to complete restructuring of milk production or to improve the environment. The dairy farm business comprises a set of assets that the farmer manages in running his business. It is this business as a set of managed assets that interests the buyer in the event of transfer of the entire holding. Regardless of the solution to the question of characterization of a right to the business, it is certain that title to the business belongs to the entrepreneur or business owner. Quota is a separate asset with its own market, even if it must be recognized that the market is kept within national boundaries because of the restrictions imposed by Community law.