Have also heard a similar thing to Beagle. The original draft was saying 10 hours credit towards the IR reducing it to a 45 hour course. Although it did mention in there that the IMC would have to have been completed at an FTO and you would receive a certificate for completing the basic IR module. There was also potential that the 10 hours instruments in the CPL would also count as this basic module. None of this is gospel and until the CAA/JAA produce the final document we won't know the exact details but it is a step in the right direction.