Sea Pollution (Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) Regulations 2010 (S.I. No. 313 of 2010).

These Regulations give effect to Annex VI to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships.
The Regulations, which apply to Irish ships everywhere and to other ships when they are in the inland waters and territorial seas of the State, control emissions from ships with a view to protecting human health and preventing air pollution.
The Regulations provide for improved specification of marine diesel engines in order to reduce the emission of nitrogen oxides; reduction of sulphur content of marine fuels in order to reduce sulphur oxide emissions; and a mechanism for the setting up of Emission Control Areas where shipping is particularly busy or where population may be concentrated near a maritime area, and in which higher standards of emission control are to apply. The Regulations also provide for improved regulation of ozone-depleting substances, volatile organic compounds, shipboard incineration of wastes and cargo residues, and port reception facilities.