Why do some people have such mental blocks on the concept of demonstrated competence? You passed the checkride!!
That is the thing about JAR ! They don't seem able to accept that the flight test should be good enough to determine if a candidate is suitable to have the rating issued. Instead (re. FAA IR conversion) they say "must do 15 hrs"...Why? Surely if you are the worlds best instrument pilot, you can jump into the left seat in any airspace and fly the flight test to the required standard.
Another thing that gets my goat is the 170A - a pre test, test. You need to "pass" this to be put forward to the test! Why!! My instructor in FAA land knew when I was suitable for the test and put me forward. They don't put people forward willy nilly because if they put people forward who fail, the examiner comes to find them to "have a chat".
I wanted a Night qualification on my JAA PPL and asked the CAA if I could have one based upon my extensive night hours flown in the USA (under VFR and IFR). All they did was cut and paste me the relevant section saying what training I required and that I'd have to complete the training in accordance with blah blah blah.....