For me, violation is clear. I would like to hear opinion of other pilots of Airbus and ground personnel. Please do not refer to your "company procedures" though, I'm more interested in common procedures set by Airbus.
Your at the wrong end of the horse
Start with the regulation (set by a regulators wording) then based on what it regulates either design, manufacture or operation look to the entity being regulated for their approved SOP to their employees.
I wouldn't be so much interested in an Airbus interpretation as I would the operator's regulator approved SOP. I don't have a problem with a manufacturer (Airbus etal.)weighing in on this but I do feel the responsibility rests with the operator meeting a regulation against their operations.