We give a new proof of the classification result due to Sorm Popa that a finite depth inclusion of AFD type III; factois N^Al, A^ (0, 1), with a common discrete decomposition (jV^CM 00 , 0} is classified, up to isomorphism, by the type II core A^ciM 00 and the standard invariant of 6. §1. IntroductionLet X& (0, 1) and N^M be an inclusion of AFD type Ilk factors with finite index and with a common discrete decomposition (A 700 c M°°, 6} . It is an interesting problem to classify up to isomorphism inclusions of this kind with the same index.In [20] Popa has shown that if N C M is strongly amenable then such an inclusion is classified by the isomorphism class of N^^-M 00 and the standard invariant 6 st of 6. This result was obtained as a consequence of a powerful classification theorem that properly/strongly outer actions of countable discrete amenable groups on strongly amenable inclusions of type II factors are classified by their standard invariants together with their modules if the factors are of type IIoo. By [18,19], finite depth inclusions of AFD type II factors are strongly amenable.In this note, we will give a different proof of the finite depth case of this classification result of Popa by proving directly that the isomorphism class of N M is classified by that of N°°^M°° and the conjugacy class of 8 st .