diff --git a/kraftwerk-core/src/main/java/fr/insee/kraftwerk/core/Constants.java b/kraftwerk-core/src/main/java/fr/insee/kraftwerk/core/Constants.java
index e50b2233..78ea0e2b 100644
--- a/kraftwerk-core/src/main/java/fr/insee/kraftwerk/core/Constants.java
+++ b/kraftwerk-core/src/main/java/fr/insee/kraftwerk/core/Constants.java
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ private Constants() {}
 	public static final String BOUCLE_PRENOMS = "BOUCLE_PRENOMS";
 	public static final String LIEN = "LIEN_";
 	public static final String LIENS = "LIENS";
+	public static final String PAIRWISE_GROUP_NAME = "LIENS";
 	public static final String SAME_AXIS_VALUE = "0";
 	public static final String NO_PAIRWISE_VALUE = "99";
 	
diff --git a/kraftwerk-core/src/main/java/fr/insee/kraftwerk/core/metadata/DDIReader.java b/kraftwerk-core/src/main/java/fr/insee/kraftwerk/core/metadata/DDIReader.java
index 9173d767..83c84fdb 100644
--- a/kraftwerk-core/src/main/java/fr/insee/kraftwerk/core/metadata/DDIReader.java
+++ b/kraftwerk-core/src/main/java/fr/insee/kraftwerk/core/metadata/DDIReader.java
@@ -114,6 +114,13 @@ private static MetadataModel readVariables(Path variablesFilePath)
 
 						String groupName = groupElement.getAttribute("name");
 						String parentGroupName = groupElement.getAttribute("parent");
+						// To be normalized later : we don't want to create a group of variables for pairwise links.
+						// Pairwise links scope are the individuals
+						if (groupName.equals(Constants.PAIRWISE_GROUP_NAME)){
+							// Instead we assign temporarily the variables inside pairwise links group to the root group
+							getVariablesInGroup(metadataModel.getVariables(), groupNode, metadataModel.getRootGroup(), metadataModel.getSequences());
+							continue;
+						}
 
 						// Store the group
 						Group group;