On 25 June 2025, the Council of the EU published the text of its first reading position on the proposed Better Data Sharing Regulation.

On 27 June 2025, the Council published an IA item note which stated that on 24 March 2025, the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs had confirmed the provisional agreement reached by the co-legislators on the draft Regulation and that its Chair sent a letter to the Chair of the Permanent Representatives Committee stating that the European Parliament should, at its second reading, approve the Council’s position at first reading (following a legal-linguistic revision) without amendments.