generated: '2026-08-03' method: searched source: - https://catena-x.net/association/standardization/ - https://catena-x.net/association/expert-groups-committees/ - https://catena-x.net/ecosystem/certification/ - https://catena-x.net/association/membership-benefits/ - https://catenax-ev.github.io/ type: Governance organization: legal_name: Catena-X Automotive Network e.V. legal_form: eingetragener Verein (registered association), Germany founded: '2021-05-15' nature: non-commercial association governing a data space, not a product vendor members: 197 members_as_of: 01 July 2026 members_source: https://catena-x.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Catena-X_Mitgliederliste_260803.pdf founding_members: - ARENA2036 - BASF SE - BMW AG - Deutsche Telekom AG - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) - German Edge Cloud - Henkel AG & Co. KGaA - ISTOS - Mercedes-Benz AG - Robert Bosch GmbH - SAP SE - Schaeffler AG - Siemens AG - SupplyOn AG - ZF Friedrichshafen AG - Volkswagen AG - Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft public_funding: >- supported by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action under the "Future Investments in the Automotive Industry" programme bodies: - name: Technical Committee for Standardization (TC4S) type: committee remit: >- The central body for standardization matters. Coordinates the review process for every standard candidate through the quality-assurance phase and acts as gatekeeper before Executive Board approval. - name: Architecture Management Committee (AMC) type: committee remit: Sets architectural standards and keeps technical decisions aligned to business outcomes. - name: Data Space Operations Committee (DSOC) type: committee remit: >- Governance and operational efficiency of the data space — release cycles, deployment gates, and interoperability with other data spaces. - name: Network Services Committee (NSC) type: committee remit: >- Shared network services: develops standards, coordinates the open-source implementations, and aligns with external initiatives. - name: Technical Committee for Modelling type: committee remit: >- Quality assurance for semantic models before formal standardization as Catena-X and IDTA submodel templates. - name: Industry Core Committee type: committee remit: Objectives and KIT for the Industry Core — the shared part and material backbone. - name: Sustainability Committee type: committee remit: Roadmaps and requirements for the sustainability standards, including PCF and DPP. contact: sustainability@catena-x.net - name: Supply Chain & Quality Committee type: committee remit: Vision, strategy and roadmap for the quality and resiliency fields. - name: Ecosystem Activation Committee type: committee remit: Network activation and market-oriented optimization; coordinates hub activities. - name: Internationalization Committee type: committee remit: Global expansion through regional hubs. release_process: cadence: named releases, each moving a set of standards forward together releases_observed: [Jupiter, Io, Saturn, Titan] note: >- Implementers target a release, not individually versioned specifications. Release membership is visible in the documentation tree each standard is published under. source: https://catenax-ev.github.io/timelines certification: model: third-party conformity assessment framework: Conformity Assessment Framework (CAF), published as a handbook per release handbook_source: https://catena-x.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/CatenaX_CAF_Handbook_Eng_Release-Saturn-1.pdf internal_body: Certification Management Centre (CMC) conformity_assessment_bodies: - name: TÜV Rheinland source: https://catena-x.net/news/tuv-rheinland-officially-nominated-as-catena-x-certified-conformity-assessment-body/ - name: TÜV SÜD source: https://www.tuvsud.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2025/march/tuev-sued-appointed-as-conformity-assessment-body-for-catena-x note: >- Very few industry API standards have a conformance layer at all. Catena-X certifies both solutions and providers against a published certification catalog. operating_company: name: Cofinity-X GmbH founded: 2023 based: Cologne, Germany role: >- First operating company of the ecosystem — technical infrastructure, participant onboarding, and the marketplace for certified solutions. Mandate extended through 2028. founded_by: [BASF, BMW Group, Henkel, Mercedes-Benz, SAP, Schaeffler, Siemens, T-Systems, Volkswagen, ZF] source: https://www.cofinity-x.com/ reference_implementation: name: Eclipse Tractus-X host: Eclipse Foundation url: https://github.com/eclipse-tractusx note: >- The specification body and the open-source implementation are governed separately. The working surface is in Tractus-X, not in the association's own GitHub org — 80 repositories and 1,881 releases against 14 repositories and 1 release. legal_framework: - name: Articles of Association url: https://catena-x.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/260128_Catena-X-Articles-of-Association-2.pdf - name: Intellectual Property Regulations url: https://catena-x.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/260128_Catena-X_IP-Regulations.pdf - name: Antitrust Guidelines url: https://catena-x.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/260128_Catena-X_Antitrust-Guidelines.pdf - name: Contribution Regulations url: https://catena-x.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/260128_Catena-X_Contribution_Regulations.pdf - name: Rules of Procedure for the Management and GAMS Board url: https://catena-x.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/260128_Catena-X_Rules-of-Procedure-for-the-Management-and-GAMS-Board.pdf gaps: - >- No named individuals anywhere on the public surface. The association publishes 10 committees and 30 expert groups with their remits, and does not publish who chairs them or who sits on them. The people layer this pipeline exists to capture is genuinely absent — recorded as a miss, not guessed at. - >- Member companies are published as a PDF list with no URLs, no seats and no roles, so the coalition graph carries participation but no governance weight.