If I am asked to test fly an aircraft which will require a spin programme then the spin recovery technique I will use is the standard recovery technique I specified above.
If it is found during testing that because of good design, ample rudder effectiveness and minimal rudder blanking during the spin with the elevator held in the most adverse position.
Then I may consider that there would not be a requirement to specify either a pause or a requirement to hold the stick back during the rcovery.
So we start with the standard recovery and work from there. I have found that many aircraft recover very well by simply letting go buty I am not going to put my name to that technique in the flight manual.
Therefore it is correct to say that the POH procedure must be followed but if that technique is not what I said in my first post then it is not standard.
Regards
DFC