# Directive (EU) 2015/2436 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2015 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks (Recast) (Text with EEA relevance), Article 15: Exhaustion of the rights conferred by a trade mark

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. A trade mark shall not entitle the proprietor to prohibit its use in relation to goods which have been put on the market in the Union under that trade mark by the proprietor or with the proprietor's consent.
2. Paragraph 1 shall not apply where there exist legitimate reasons for the proprietor to oppose further commercialisation of the goods, especially where the condition of the goods is changed or impaired after they have been put on the market.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2015/2436/article/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2015-2436/article-15
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