These Regulations make provision for the implementation in respect of Northern Ireland of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 on medical devices amending Directive 2001/83/EC, Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 and Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 and repealing Council Directives 90/385/EEC and 93/42/EEC (OJ L 117, 5.5.2017) (“Regulation (EU) 2017/745”). Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland to the Withdrawal Agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union (“the Protocol”) provides that the EU law listed in Annex 2 to the Protocol will apply to and in the UK, in respect of Northern Ireland. Regulation (EU) 2017/745 is listed in Annex 2 and applied from 26 May 2021. Section 7A of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 gives effect to Regulation (EU) 2017/745 in domestic law.