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[For the entire collection see Zbl 0726.00016.] A semi-symmetric space is a Riemannian manifold whose curvature tensor satisfies \(R\circ R=0\) [see \textit{Z. I. Szabó}, J. Differ. Geom. 17, 531-582 (1982; Zbl 0508.53025) and Geom. Dedicata 19, 65-108 (1985; Zbl 0612.53023)]. A semi-parallel immersion is the proper extrinsic analogue of the above notion. More precisely, an isometric immersion with second fundamental form \(h:(M,g)\hookrightarrow (\overline {M},\bar g)\) is called semi-parallel if \(\overline {R}h=0\). If \(\overline {M}(c)\) is a space form, this is equivalent with \((T_ pM,g_ p,L_ p)\) being a Euclidean Jordan triple system (Prop. 4) where \(L_ p(x,y): T_ pM\times T_ pM\rightarrow\text{End}(T_ pM)\) is \(L_ p=R+cg+A_ h\). The main result of the paper is a local classification of the semiparallel hypersurfaces in a Euclidean space, previously published in the author's article [Rend. Semin. Mat., Torino 44, 303-316 (1986; Zbl 0616.53018)]. Finally it is proved that recurrent immersions \((2 \| h\|^ 2\overline{\nabla}h=d(\| h\|^ 2)\otimes h)\) in Euclidean spaces are semi-parallel and a classification theorem is given for them.