diff --git a/core/esmf-aspect-model-aas-generator/src/main/java/org/eclipse/esmf/aspectmodel/aas/AspectModelAasVisitor.java b/core/esmf-aspect-model-aas-generator/src/main/java/org/eclipse/esmf/aspectmodel/aas/AspectModelAasVisitor.java
index e7bf454c0..5c59d5645 100644
--- a/core/esmf-aspect-model-aas-generator/src/main/java/org/eclipse/esmf/aspectmodel/aas/AspectModelAasVisitor.java
+++ b/core/esmf-aspect-model-aas-generator/src/main/java/org/eclipse/esmf/aspectmodel/aas/AspectModelAasVisitor.java
@@ -385,6 +385,17 @@ private Reference buildReferenceForSubmodel( final String submodelId ) {
             .build();
    }
 
+   private Reference buildReferenceForCollection( final String submodelId ) {
+      final Key key = new DefaultKey.Builder()
+            .type( KeyTypes.GLOBAL_REFERENCE )
+            .value( submodelId )
+            .build();
+      return new DefaultReference.Builder()
+            .type( ReferenceTypes.EXTERNAL_REFERENCE )
+            .keys( key )
+            .build();
+   }
+
    private void createConceptDescription( final Property property, final Context context ) {
       if ( property.getCharacteristic().isEmpty() ) {
          return;
@@ -542,16 +553,23 @@ public Environment visitSortedSet( final SortedSet sortedSet, final Context cont
    }
 
    private <T extends Collection> Environment visitCollectionProperty( final T collection, final Context context ) {
-      final SubmodelElementBuilder builder = property ->
-            new DefaultSubmodelElementList.Builder()
-                  .idShort( property.getName() )
-                  .typeValueListElement( AasSubmodelElements.DATA_ELEMENT )
-                  .displayName( LangStringMapper.NAME.map( property.getPreferredNames() ) )
-                  .description( LangStringMapper.TEXT.map( property.getDescriptions() ) )
-                  .value( List.of( decideOnMapping( property, context ) ) )
-                  .typeValueListElement( AasSubmodelElements.SUBMODEL_ELEMENT )
-                  .supplementalSemanticIds( buildGlobalReferenceForSeeReferences( collection ) )
-                  .build();
+      final SubmodelElementBuilder builder = property -> {
+         DefaultSubmodelElementList.Builder submodelBuilder = new DefaultSubmodelElementList.Builder()
+               .idShort( property.getName() )
+               .typeValueListElement( AasSubmodelElements.DATA_ELEMENT )
+               .displayName( LangStringMapper.NAME.map( property.getPreferredNames() ) )
+               .description( LangStringMapper.TEXT.map( property.getDescriptions() ) )
+               .value( List.of( decideOnMapping( property, context ) ) )
+               .typeValueListElement( AasSubmodelElements.SUBMODEL_ELEMENT )
+               .supplementalSemanticIds( buildGlobalReferenceForSeeReferences( collection ) );
+
+         if ( collection.getAspectModelUrn().isPresent() ) {
+            submodelBuilder.semanticId( buildReferenceForCollection( collection.getAspectModelUrn().get().getUrn().toString() ) );
+         }
+
+         return submodelBuilder.build();
+      };
+
       final Optional<JsonNode> rawValue = context.getRawPropertyValue();
       return rawValue.map( node -> {
          if ( node instanceof final ArrayNode arrayNode ) {
diff --git a/core/esmf-aspect-model-aas-generator/src/test/java/org/eclipse/esmf/aspectmodel/aas/AspectModelAasGeneratorTest.java b/core/esmf-aspect-model-aas-generator/src/test/java/org/eclipse/esmf/aspectmodel/aas/AspectModelAasGeneratorTest.java
index 85a480a40..c5428bd21 100644
--- a/core/esmf-aspect-model-aas-generator/src/test/java/org/eclipse/esmf/aspectmodel/aas/AspectModelAasGeneratorTest.java
+++ b/core/esmf-aspect-model-aas-generator/src/test/java/org/eclipse/esmf/aspectmodel/aas/AspectModelAasGeneratorTest.java
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ void generateAasxWithAspectDataForMultilanguageText() throws DeserializationExce
                               .asList()
                               .hasSize( 2 )
                               .allSatisfy( langString ->
-                                    assertThat( List.of( "en", "de" ) ).contains( ( (AbstractLangString) langString ).getLanguage() ) ) ) );
+                                    assertThat( List.of( "en", "de" ) ).contains( ((AbstractLangString) langString).getLanguage() ) ) ) );
    }
 
    @Test
@@ -168,6 +168,8 @@ void testGenerateAasxFromAspectModelWithCollection() throws DeserializationExcep
                assertThat( submodelElementList.getTypeValueListElement() ).isEqualTo( AasSubmodelElements.SUBMODEL_ELEMENT );
             } );
 
+      assertThat( submodelElement.getSemanticId().getKeys().get( 0 ).getType() ).isEqualTo( KeyTypes.GLOBAL_REFERENCE );
+
       getDataSpecificationIec61360( "urn:samm:org.eclipse.esmf.test:1.0.0#testProperty", env );
    }
 
@@ -183,6 +185,8 @@ void testGenerateAasxFromAspectModelWithList() throws DeserializationException {
                assertThat( submodelElementList.getTypeValueListElement() ).isEqualTo( AasSubmodelElements.SUBMODEL_ELEMENT );
             } );
 
+      assertThat( submodelElement.getSemanticId().getKeys().get( 0 ).getType() ).isEqualTo( KeyTypes.GLOBAL_REFERENCE );
+
       getDataSpecificationIec61360( "urn:samm:org.eclipse.esmf.test:1.0.0#testProperty", env );
    }
 
@@ -197,6 +201,7 @@ void testGenerateAasxFromAspectModelWithSet() throws DeserializationException {
                assertThat( submodelElementList.getIdShort() ).isEqualTo( "testProperty" );
                assertThat( submodelElementList.getTypeValueListElement() ).isEqualTo( AasSubmodelElements.SUBMODEL_ELEMENT );
             } );
+      assertThat( submodelElement.getSemanticId().getKeys().get( 0 ).getType() ).isEqualTo( KeyTypes.GLOBAL_REFERENCE );
 
       getDataSpecificationIec61360( "urn:samm:org.eclipse.esmf.test:1.0.0#testProperty", env );
    }
@@ -209,6 +214,7 @@ void testGenerateAasxFromAspectModelWithSortedSet() throws DeserializationExcept
       final SubmodelElement submodelElement = env.getSubmodels().get( 0 ).getSubmodelElements().get( 0 );
       assertThat( submodelElement ).as( "SubmodelElement is not a SubmodelElementList" ).isInstanceOf( SubmodelElementList.class );
       assertThat( submodelElement.getIdShort() ).isEqualTo( "testProperty" );
+      assertThat( submodelElement.getSemanticId().getKeys().get( 0 ).getType() ).isEqualTo( KeyTypes.GLOBAL_REFERENCE );
 
       getDataSpecificationIec61360( "urn:samm:org.eclipse.esmf.test:1.0.0#testProperty", env );
    }