My understanding was that, when you renew your licence, only current ratings will be carried forward to the new EASA licence. They say that expired ratings will be noted somewhere, for future reference, but I can not find anywhere that states what the system will be under EASA for renewal of expired ratings.
My situation is compicated a little further, in that, for the last 2 years I have been flying / instructing outside the UK on an ICAO licence. As a result all of my UK JAA type ratings have expired. Under the current system, I would have been able to renew my licence merely by getting a current class 1 medical, as I am currently flying a type, on my ICAO licence that I have on my JAA licence.
I am awaiting some clarification from CAA......but they appear to be taking some time coming back to me....
