"After the introduction of the EU Directive (1991) the idea was introduced for the harmonisation of pilot training and licensing in Europe and in 1993 the JAA took over the work from ECAC and its Flight Crew Licensing Committee (FCL-C) began the work which has led to JAR-FCL. This project would have gone ahead, had AOPA been involved or not."
All correct, g-oose, but ECAC and the JAR Committee were considering only professional licensing. It was only after intense lobbying by AOPA that the PPL was included in JAR-FCL. Therefore, the project would indeed have gone ahead if AOPA had not been involved, the PPL would have remained untouched and there would have been no need for the NPPL.