These Regulations deal with matters arising out of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland (“Protocol”) in the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community of 19 October 2019. Union law which applies to the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland under Article 5(4) of the Protocol includes the following EU Directives and Regulations on medicinal products and plant protection products in paragraphs 20 and 24 of Annex 2 to the Protocol: