UK based, and I do both. Most eggs are stored in the fridge, because it happens to have egg trays, although more recent models tend to omit those. Those folks

UK based, and I do both. Most eggs are stored in the fridge, because it happens to have egg trays, although more recent models tend to omit those. Those folks I know without egg trays usually store boxes in the fridge. The eggs I'm likely to use are stored outside the fridge, being moved from fridge to outside as and when the external supply reduces. These can stay they for a week or two. I suspect we actually washed our eggs prior to joining the EEC, and hence how we 'traditionally' had egg trays in the fridges. Now that we've left the EU, I can't see any reason to change the current practice, so imagine the current don't need to refrigerate, and forbidding washing approach will continue.