On Monday 26 June, the Council of Ministers of the EU adopted without debate the regulation establishing a simplified framework for energy labelling, paving the way for new labels to be phased in from the end of 2019, providing information about the performance of household devices (washing machines, televisions, refrigerators, etc.). This text, which aims to replace the 2010 directive, retains its main principles, but clarifies it by tightening up and extending its scope of application.