diff --git a/irs-testing/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tractusx/irs/testing/wiremock/SubmodelFacadeWiremockSupport.java b/irs-testing/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tractusx/irs/testing/wiremock/SubmodelFacadeWiremockSupport.java
index ffbd23bd3..7e98522c9 100644
--- a/irs-testing/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tractusx/irs/testing/wiremock/SubmodelFacadeWiremockSupport.java
+++ b/irs-testing/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tractusx/irs/testing/wiremock/SubmodelFacadeWiremockSupport.java
@@ -121,6 +121,38 @@ public static void prepareFailingCatalog() {
                 WireMockConfig.responseWithStatus(STATUS_CODE_BAD_GATEWAY).withBody("")));
     }
 
+    public static void prepareEmptyCatalog(final String bpn, final String edcUrl) {
+        stubFor(post(urlPathEqualTo(PATH_CATALOG)).willReturn(
+                WireMockConfig.responseWithStatus(STATUS_CODE_OK).withBody("""
+                        {
+                        	"@id": "6af0d267-aaed-4d2e-86bb-adf391597fbe",
+                        	"@type": "dcat:Catalog",
+                        	"dspace:participantId": "%s",
+                        	"dcat:dataset": [],
+                        	"dcat:service": {
+                        		"@id": "75b09a2c-e7f9-4d15-bd67-334c50f35c48",
+                        		"@type": "dcat:DataService",
+                        		"dcat:endpointDescription": "dspace:connector",
+                        		"dcat:endpointUrl": "%s",
+                        		"dct:terms": "dspace:connector",
+                        		"dct:endpointUrl": "%s"
+                        	},
+                        	"participantId": "%s",
+                        	"@context": {
+                        		"@vocab": "https://w3id.org/edc/v0.0.1/ns/",
+                        		"edc": "https://w3id.org/edc/v0.0.1/ns/",
+                        		"tx": "https://w3id.org/tractusx/v0.0.1/ns/",
+                        		"tx-auth": "https://w3id.org/tractusx/auth/",
+                        		"cx-policy": "https://w3id.org/catenax/policy/",
+                        		"dcat": "http://www.w3.org/ns/dcat#",
+                        		"dct": "http://purl.org/dc/terms/",
+                        		"odrl": "http://www.w3.org/ns/odrl/2/",
+                        		"dspace": "https://w3id.org/dspace/v0.8/"
+                        	}
+                        }
+                        """.formatted(bpn, edcUrl, edcUrl, bpn))));
+    }
+
     private static String startTransferProcessResponse(final String transferProcessId) {
         return startNegotiationResponse(transferProcessId);
     }