Eds. Wolfgang Faber, Brigitta Lurger. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This is the first volume of a series of national reports on basic issues concerning the acquisition and loss of ownership of movable assets. The series plans to cover 27 European legal systems, distributed over six volumes, as a product of the research activities of the working group "Transfer of Movables" within the "Study Group on a European Civil Code." Volume 1 examines Austria, Estonia, Italy and Slovenia. Starting with general property law issues like the concepts of ownership and possession employed in the respective legal systems, and the related means of protection the reports primarily deal with the "derivative" transfer of ownership, but extend to good faith acquisition from a non- owner, acquisitive prescription, processing and commingling, and further related issues. The reports provide the reader with detailed information about the respective rules, case law, and legal literature prepared by national property law experts. These reports are a starting point for further.