Soon there will be no JAR Medicals anymore, instead the new regulation will be called PART-Medical, and will have many relaxations, especially for visual standards.
Implementing Rules for Pilot Licensing can be found on:
http://www.easa.europa.eu/ws_prod/r/...202008-17c.pdf
As I have heard from the my local CAA, the rules will enter in force in 2012.