These Regulations define restrictions on the placing certain equipment on board Irish ships. Equipment of a kind specified in an item of Annex A.1 to Council Directive No. 96/98/EC shall not be placed on board an Irish ship unless the equipment: (a) meets the requirements of the international instruments specified in columns 3 and 4 of the item, and has been tested and assessed for conformity as specified in columns 5 and 6 of the item, and (b) bears a mark in accordance with Article 11 of and Annex D to the Directive. The Minister may at any rate prohibit placing on board od such equipment if dangerous to public health or the environment. The testing standards that shall apply shall be those that apply under the international maritime conventions of the International Maritime Organisation including MARPOL.