All this about "lifed components" and who's changing them and for how much is once again missing the point!
Most of these lifed components were designed and fitted YEARS before this bureaucratic system came into being. Their failure wasn't causing aeroplanes to fall out of the sky before this "lifing" regime came in and wouldn't be doing so now if they weren't being changed under this system.
My associate has just had to take a PA28-180 off-line at his flying school
and sell shares in it as the engine, with 1250 hours on it has passed 12 years old! It's no more or less safe because of that!
Back to basics - this is about an all controlling bureaucracy. It's nothing to do with safety - and as EASA has SAFETY in its name it should be or it shouldn't be happening.
No-one seems to be addressing this aspect of the discussion!