As you say there is little reference to a Student Pilot Licence however Subpart B to JAR-FCL requires a student pilot to have a valid Class 1 or Class 2 Medical Certificate.
JAR-FCL 1.080 (d)(2)requires all student pilots to carry a log book of their flying hours on all cross country solo flights to veryfy that their flights have been authorised by an instructor.
Para (c) (4) implies that instructors should sign off student log books.
looks like the FAA system!
[This message has been edited by BlueLine (edited 20 May 2000).]