a Cirrus has never been recovered from a spin with less than 15,000 feet of altitude loss!
A link to that study would be appreciated! Otherwise I will call it an old wives tale. A normal stable aircraft with no (other) nasty aerodynamic habits that can't be recovered? I find that hard to believe...
Why Cirrus (CAPS & Stall/Spin)
The European authorities (initially JAA, later EASA) when first evaluating the Cirrus SR20 agreed with the principles of the FAA/ELOS approach but had some further questions. A series of spins was performed on their initiative. While not a complete formal program they reported no unusual characteristics.
Then:
The fact remains that a generation of pilots has not received spin training
So to limit their liability the may have printed that CAPS deployment is the only approved recovery method. In this context of so-so IFR pilots killing themselves because they don't have enough training and experience, that makes good sense to me.