Merchant Shipping (Marine Equipment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. No. 1025 of 2016).

hese Regulations implement Directive 2014/90/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on marine equipment and repealing Council Directive 96/98/EC. The Regulations concern, among other things: requirements to apply to equipment for the prevention of marine pollution placed on board a ship and for exemptions from those requirements; give the Secretary of State a power to designate notified and nominated bodies to carry out conformity assessment procedures. These procedures assess and confirm that equipment complies with the relevant design, construction and performance standards, ensuring uniform levels of safety and environmental protection are achieved.