(172) Persons acting as whistleblowers on the infringements of this Regulation should be protected under the Union law. Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council ^{54Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2019 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law ([OJ L 305, 26.11.2019, p. 17](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:L:2019:305:TOC)).} should therefore apply to the reporting of infringements of this Regulation and the protection of persons reporting such infringements.