Vertolot, that's what I did.
Helimutt already told us that his case was the same as Vertolot's, e.g. he gained a national licence and then converted to JAR.
Well, if you don't get the CAA to stick to their first letter or you succeed in trying to convert the licence to f.e. a Swedish licence (you need residency or a job as a pilot here) then, all I can say is
Helimutt, good luck with the ATPL(H) exams. I've struggled with the exams myself (even retaking 9 passed ATPL exams due to the CAA). If you've done the 9 JAR IR exams the ATPL(H) exams should be much smoother. If I put half the energy that I used to complain of the exams and used it to study instead the exams would have been completed much sooner.