diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-propagation/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/countrypropagation/SparkCountryPropagationJob3.java b/dhp-workflows/dhp-propagation/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/countrypropagation/SparkCountryPropagationJob3.java
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+
+package eu.dnetlib.dhp.countrypropagation;
+
+import static eu.dnetlib.dhp.PropagationConstant.*;
+import static eu.dnetlib.dhp.common.SparkSessionSupport.runWithSparkSession;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
+import org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.GzipCodec;
+import org.apache.spark.SparkConf;
+import org.apache.spark.api.java.JavaPairRDD;
+import org.apache.spark.api.java.JavaRDD;
+import org.apache.spark.api.java.JavaSparkContext;
+import org.apache.spark.api.java.function.MapFunction;
+import org.apache.spark.sql.Dataset;
+import org.apache.spark.sql.Encoders;
+import org.apache.spark.sql.SaveMode;
+import org.apache.spark.sql.SparkSession;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+
+import eu.dnetlib.dhp.application.ArgumentApplicationParser;
+import eu.dnetlib.dhp.schema.oaf.Country;
+import eu.dnetlib.dhp.schema.oaf.KeyValue;
+import eu.dnetlib.dhp.schema.oaf.Result;
+import scala.Tuple2;
+
+public class SparkCountryPropagationJob3 {
+
+	private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(SparkCountryPropagationJob3.class);
+
+	private static final ObjectMapper OBJECT_MAPPER = new ObjectMapper();
+
+	public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+
+		String jsonConfiguration = IOUtils
+			.toString(
+				SparkCountryPropagationJob3.class
+					.getResourceAsStream(
+						"/eu/dnetlib/dhp/countrypropagation/input_countrypropagation_parameters.json"));
+
+		final ArgumentApplicationParser parser = new ArgumentApplicationParser(jsonConfiguration);
+
+		parser.parseArgument(args);
+
+		Boolean isSparkSessionManaged = isSparkSessionManaged(parser);
+		log.info("isSparkSessionManaged: {}", isSparkSessionManaged);
+
+		String inputPath = parser.get("sourcePath");
+		log.info("inputPath: {}", inputPath);
+
+		final String outputPath = parser.get("outputPath");
+		log.info("outputPath: {}", outputPath);
+
+		final String resultClassName = parser.get("resultTableName");
+		log.info("resultTableName: {}", resultClassName);
+
+		final Boolean saveGraph = Optional
+			.ofNullable(parser.get("saveGraph"))
+			.map(Boolean::valueOf)
+			.orElse(Boolean.TRUE);
+		log.info("saveGraph: {}", saveGraph);
+
+		Class<? extends Result> resultClazz = (Class<? extends Result>) Class.forName(resultClassName);
+
+		SparkConf conf = new SparkConf();
+
+		runWithSparkSession(
+			conf,
+			isSparkSessionManaged,
+			spark -> {
+
+				execPropagation(
+					spark,
+					inputPath,
+					outputPath,
+					resultClazz,
+					saveGraph);
+			});
+	}
+
+	private static <R extends Result> void execPropagation(
+		SparkSession spark,
+		String inputPath,
+		String outputPath,
+		Class<R> resultClazz,
+		boolean saveGraph) {
+
+		if (saveGraph) {
+			// updateResultTable(spark, potentialUpdates, inputPath, resultClazz, outputPath);
+			log.info("Reading Graph table from: {}", inputPath);
+			final JavaSparkContext sc = new JavaSparkContext(spark.sparkContext());
+			JavaPairRDD<String, R> results = sc
+				.textFile(inputPath)
+				.map(r -> OBJECT_MAPPER.readValue(r, resultClazz))
+				.mapToPair(r -> new Tuple2<>(r.getId(), r));
+
+			JavaPairRDD<String, R> tmp = results.reduceByKey((r1, r2) -> {
+				if (r1 == null) {
+					return r2;
+				}
+				if (r2 == null) {
+					return r1;
+				}
+				if (Optional.ofNullable(r1.getCollectedfrom()).isPresent()) {
+					r1.setCountry(getUnionCountries(r1.getCountry(), r2.getCountry()));
+					return r1;
+				}
+				if (Optional.ofNullable(r2.getCollectedfrom()).isPresent()) {
+					r2.setCountry(getUnionCountries(r1.getCountry(), r2.getCountry()));
+					return r2;
+				}
+				r1.setCountry(getUnionCountries(r1.getCountry(), r2.getCountry()));
+				return r1;
+			});
+
+			tmp
+				.map(c -> c._2())
+				.map(r -> OBJECT_MAPPER.writeValueAsString(r))
+				.saveAsTextFile(outputPath, GzipCodec.class);
+		}
+	}
+
+	private static List<Country> getUnionCountries(List<Country> country, List<Country> country1) {
+		HashSet<String> countries = country
+			.stream()
+			.map(c -> c.getClassid())
+			.collect(Collectors.toCollection(HashSet::new));
+		country
+			.addAll(
+				country1
+					.stream()
+					.filter(c -> !(countries.contains(c.getClassid())))
+					.collect(Collectors.toList()));
+		return country;
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-propagation/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/countrypropagation/input_prepareresultcountry_parameters.json b/dhp-workflows/dhp-propagation/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/countrypropagation/input_prepareresultcountry_parameters.json
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+[
+  {
+    "paramName":"s",
+    "paramLongName":"sourcePath",
+    "paramDescription": "the path of the sequencial file to read",
+    "paramRequired": true
+  },
+  {
+    "paramName":"h",
+    "paramLongName":"hive_metastore_uris",
+    "paramDescription": "the hive metastore uris",
+    "paramRequired": true
+  },
+  {
+    "paramName":"tn",
+    "paramLongName":"resultTableName",
+    "paramDescription": "the name of the result table we are currently working on",
+    "paramRequired": true
+  },
+  {
+    "paramName": "p",
+    "paramLongName": "preparedInfoPath",
+    "paramDescription": "the path where prepared info have been stored",
+    "paramRequired": true
+  },
+  {
+    "paramName": "ssm",
+    "paramLongName": "isSparkSessionManaged",
+    "paramDescription": "true if the spark session is managed, false otherwise",
+    "paramRequired": false
+  }
+]
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