after breezing through the draft from the EASA homepage, I see none of the problems stated here (unless I missed something). In fact, the renewal/re-validation requirements for SEP/TMG remain the same..... see § FCL.740A (b), already mentined above.
EASA draft FCL
And don't get up-tight with just the UK-CAA, there are 27 CAA's the EASA has to deal with, each having their own wishes they want inforced, not to mention the AOPA's, etc.