diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-blacklist/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/blacklist/SparkRemoveBlacklistedRelationJob.java b/dhp-workflows/dhp-blacklist/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/blacklist/SparkRemoveBlacklistedRelationJob.java
index 348468f51..2dacb542b 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-blacklist/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/blacklist/SparkRemoveBlacklistedRelationJob.java
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-blacklist/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/blacklist/SparkRemoveBlacklistedRelationJob.java
@@ -1,4 +1,134 @@
+
 package eu.dnetlib.dhp.blacklist;
 
-public class RemoveBlacklistedRelationSparkJob {
+import static eu.dnetlib.dhp.common.SparkSessionSupport.runWithSparkSession;
+
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
+import org.apache.spark.SparkConf;
+import org.apache.spark.api.java.function.MapFunction;
+import org.apache.spark.sql.*;
+import org.apache.spark.sql.Dataset;
+import org.apache.spark.sql.Encoders;
+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.Relation;
+
+public class SparkRemoveBlacklistedRelationJob {
+	private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(SparkRemoveBlacklistedRelationJob.class);
+	private static final ObjectMapper OBJECT_MAPPER = new ObjectMapper();
+
+	public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+
+		String jsonConfiguration = IOUtils
+			.toString(
+				SparkRemoveBlacklistedRelationJob.class
+					.getResourceAsStream(
+						"/eu/dnetlib/dhp/blacklist/sparkblacklist_parameters.json"));
+
+		final ArgumentApplicationParser parser = new ArgumentApplicationParser(jsonConfiguration);
+
+		parser.parseArgument(args);
+
+		Boolean isSparkSessionManaged = Optional
+			.ofNullable(parser.get("isSparkSessionManaged"))
+			.map(Boolean::valueOf)
+			.orElse(Boolean.TRUE);
+
+		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 blacklistPath = parser.get("hdfsPath");
+		log.info("blacklistPath {}: ", blacklistPath);
+
+		final String mergesPath = parser.get("mergesPath");
+		log.info("mergesPath {}: ", mergesPath);
+
+		SparkConf conf = new SparkConf();
+		conf.set("hive.metastore.uris", parser.get("hive_metastore_uris"));
+
+		runWithSparkSession(
+			conf,
+			isSparkSessionManaged,
+			spark -> {
+				removeBlacklistedRelations(
+					spark,
+					inputPath,
+					blacklistPath,
+					outputPath,
+						mergesPath);
+			});
+	}
+
+	private static void removeBlacklistedRelations(SparkSession spark, String blacklistPath, String inputPath,
+		String outputPath, String mergesPath) {
+		Dataset<Relation> blackListed = readRelations(spark, blacklistPath);
+		Dataset<Relation> inputRelation = readRelations(spark, inputPath);
+		Dataset<Relation> mergesRelation = readRelations(spark, mergesPath);
+
+		Dataset<Relation> dedupSource = blackListed
+			.joinWith(mergesRelation, blackListed.col("source").equalTo(mergesRelation.col("target")), "left_outer")
+			// .joinWith(inputRelation,blackListed.col("target").equalTo(inputRelation.col("target")),"left_outer")
+			.map(c -> {
+				Optional<Relation> merged = Optional.ofNullable(c._2());
+				Relation bl = c._1();
+				if (merged.isPresent()) {
+					bl.setSource(merged.get().getSource());
+				}
+				return bl;
+			}, Encoders.bean(Relation.class));
+
+		Dataset<Relation> dedupBL = dedupSource
+			.joinWith(mergesRelation, dedupSource.col("target").equalTo(mergesRelation.col("target")), "left_outer")
+			.map(c -> {
+				Optional<Relation> merged = Optional.ofNullable(c._2());
+				Relation bl = c._1();
+				if (merged.isPresent()) {
+					bl.setTarget(merged.get().getSource());
+				}
+				return bl;
+			}, Encoders.bean(Relation.class));
+
+		inputRelation
+			.joinWith(dedupBL, inputRelation.col("source").equalTo(dedupBL.col("source")), "left_outer")
+			.map(c -> {
+				Relation ir = c._1();
+				Optional<Relation> obl = Optional.ofNullable(c._2());
+				if (obl.isPresent()) {
+					if (ir.equals(obl.get())) {
+						return null;
+					}
+				}
+				return ir;
+
+			}, Encoders.bean(Relation.class))
+			.filter(r -> !(r == null))
+			.toJSON()
+			.write()
+			.mode(SaveMode.Overwrite)
+			.option("conpression", "gzip")
+			.text(outputPath);
+
+	}
+
+	public static org.apache.spark.sql.Dataset<Relation> readRelations(
+		SparkSession spark, String inputPath) {
+		return spark
+			.read()
+			.textFile(inputPath)
+			.map(
+				(MapFunction<String, Relation>) value -> OBJECT_MAPPER.readValue(value, Relation.class),
+				Encoders.bean(Relation.class));
+	}
+
 }