you are correct in your statement, these new regulations were fully implemented a couple of days ago on friday 1st december. The deviation route was also abolished, anyone on the deviaiton route already is fine they can carry on with it and now anyone who takes their medical from this friday just gone will no longer have that route available to them. i feel very relieved that i took my medical when i did. i have -7 correction and took my medical a month ago so im now on the deviation route, i shudder to think what if i didnt do my medical till this month it would have been really bad news. thank god.