The relief for applicants holding equivalent third-country aircraft ratings is made in the last subpara of FCL.740(b) in the EU version and FCL.740(b)(2) in the UK version.
The relevant implementing regulation has not yet been incorporated into the EEA agreement so holders of EASA licences issued by one of the EFTA states will need to refer to the appropriate annexes in 2014/69/EU: Commission Decision of 6 February 2014 (C(2014) 559), and 2014/425/EU: Commission Decision of 1 July 2014 (C(2014) 4344).