Bolty,
It is a great shame that the CASA licence is not accepted by EASA on the basis of a multi-choice exam covering air legislation and any other major differences (as was the case in the UK a few years ago). I think I've mentioned before that I got a CASA Group 20 based on CTC, my BCAR Section L (this was 1996) and company authorisations.
I have in front of me a leaflet from CASA outlining their Maintenance Regulation project. Believe it or not, CASA intends to model its system - for the large part - on EASA! I think it should be the other way around!