Thanks for the answer. I looked it up, and found the requirements in JAR-FCL 1.155(c). I've been training on a FAA part 141 program, which can give you the FAA-CPL in far less than 250 hours.
JAR-FCL 1.155(c) for modular course students:
Flight time. The applicant shall have
completed in aeroplanes during the modular course
200 hours of flight time including at least:
(1) 100 hours as pilot-in-command,
(2) 20 hours of [VFR] cross-country
flight time as pilot-in-command, including a
cross-country flight totalling at least 540 km
(300 NM) in the course of which full-stop
landings at two aerodromes different from the
aerodromes of departure shall be made;
(3) 10 hours of instrument instruction
time, of which not more than 5 hours is to be
instrument ground time; and
(4) 5 hours of night flight time, as set
out in JAR–FCL 1.165(b).