The aim of the paper is to present to the Polish reader the Italian regulations on the legal category of agricultural holding. These regulations might constitute a point of reference for deliberations upon the Polish solutions in this field, particularly with regard to work carried out on the new Polish civil code. The Author analyzes the legal nature of the agricultural production workshop, i.e. its legal qualification as fundus instructus (principal object with belongings) and as an agricultural holding. The Author touches upon the issues of lease and transfer of agricultural holding, the latter in a broader perception. While concluding the paper the Author compares the agricultural holding in Italian law with its concept defined under art. 553 of the Polish civil code. The Author also points at different legal nature of agricultural production units in both legal systems and at varied qualification criteria as agricultural holdings together with different rules on transfer. On this basis the question is raised with regard to the purpose of agricultural holding separation and to the way the agricultural holding is defined in the Polish civil code. The Author gives suggestions on how to solve the matter.