@MaxR: nothing keeps you from editing your original message. I honestly admit the "self-abuse" sounded like sarcasm...
Regarding the original question, I consulted dear old Wikipedia, and found a phrase "The European flight crew regulations are expected to change in 2012" - I marked that for needing update, but feel insufficiently informed to actually do update the article. Any volunteer? If uneasy about the Wikipedia environment, pm me the correct info and I'll update the article.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nation..._Pilot_Licence