Dunno. Everybodies attention seems to be focused on the P1-or-not-during-a-club-checkout discussion. Let's see how people respond to the following:
The stipulation that you cannot fly VFR on Top (in other words, you have to stay in sight of the surface at all times) is a restriction on your CAA-issued, JAA (JAR-FCL) conforming (not, in this particular case) license. Since it's that license that you use to claim your flying privileges from, that restriction is also in place in other countries. Regardless of their exact interpretation of ICAO classes and VMC minima in those classes.
Once you obtain an IMC rating, the CAA lifts that restriction from your license. So then you can fly VFR on Top in a foreign country, as far as the CAA is concerned. Whether the country you're flying in allows that too depends on the country and the airspace class involved.
So in order for you to lift that restriction, you either need to get an IMC rating, or convert your CAA-issued license for a license issued by another JAA country. That means you've got to move to the continent for at least 180 days.
Now for the practical bit: nobody gives a damn, unless you are involved in an accident. Unless the authorities have really detailed pilot reports, or unless you flew directly over a controlled airport with a qualified met observer on duty, they can't prove you were VFR on Top, or in IMC, in any case.
And of course, whether VFR on Top, or IMC, or Night flying, is a good idea in a SEP is a whole different subject.
(Okay, now bring on the flak. We have about 25 more pages to go for Bose...)