Indeed. It would be most interesting if anyone could give you a specific answer to your query about
what are the EASA document numbers and sections that refer to (a) and (b)
Purely out of curiosity, as I have no stakes in the matter, I have been trying to find those answers myself for a long time now. The only result so far has been to find the new legislation, as it applies to GA, largely sensible and an improvement over the current state of affairs.
But somehow it seems that people have set out to moan and complain out of principle/habit/sport. Either that or there is an agent provocateur behind all this (now who stands to lose income, power, or influence once EASA takes over regulatory authority?), however as they say, do not ascribe to malice what can be explained by simple stupidity.