Equivalence of pilot licences are not fair for the UK, in a sense I feel that UK has been abused by Europe.
It is possible to have a UK license validated by a EU state but only for a limited time and it seem that it is at the discretion of the member state (might need to read the document again) Also if you read the appendix there are some minimum required which mean that if you are a low time pilot you have no chance of getting a validation.
I wish I had spotted this before surely I would have gone for a transfer to EASA, in the end Brexit + COVID have put an end to my prospect of becoming a pilot, I am sure there would be others in the same boat.
Official EU 2020/723 documentation available here
https://www.easa.europa.eu/document-...ion-eu-2020723