I tried to search a bit deeper.
Find 1: The text above is identical since JAA OPS, 1999ish.
Find 2: The ICAO Doc 9365 Manual of All Weather Operations shows Table 6-2, which is inconclusive to this discussion. The order of possible priority between notes 1 and 4 cannot be determined. I still like to note that while ICAO has a single table with values all the way down to 75 m, the ECAC/JAA people chose to split it and define the (overlapping) notes more precisely, when publishing the EU regulation.
Find 3: I couldn't find the FAA version of this.
Find 4: The Australian CAAP LVO-1
https://www.casa.gov.au/sites/g/file.../ops/lvo-1.pdf clearly prohibits the self-replacement of RVR below 350 metres.
Since there WAS a re-design of the relevant paragraph,
the key question is: did EASA have a change of heart? Was there a NPA process to allow 75/125/125 departures based on "seeing lights"...?