42In the first place, Article 15(1) of Regulation 2017/1001 enshrines the principle of the exhaustion of rights conferred by a trade mark for products placed on the market by the proprietor or with its consent not irrespective of the place in which the products were marketed, but with regard only to products placed on the market in the EEA (see, to that effect, judgment of 16 July 1998, Silhouette International Schmied, C‑355/96, EU:C:1998:374, paragraphs 21, 26 and 31).
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