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The Court thus accepted the statement of the European Commission, which had started the litigation against the Italian legislation for a contrast with the EU legislation (Directive 98\/59) which provides that the rules on collective dismissals apply to all employees, except fixed-term contracts, employees of public administrations and the crews of ships.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European Court of Justice, with judgment in Case 596\/2012 of February 13, 2014, stated the illegitimacy of the Italian legislation on collective dismissals (Law 223\/1991) with reference to the exclusion of executives from the procedure. 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