I did my CPL exams in 2008 still under Amd.2 of the JAR FCL 2 and got the ATPL-VFR credit on a paper. It meant for the IR-H in 2010 I only had to do four assignments:
-Radio navigation
-Flight performance and planning
-Air law
-Instruments (though in the german JAR-FCL 2 this assignment is not officially listed for the ATPL-VFR theory credit holder!)
Should be a similar story in the rest of JAA-land!?