And these exams, where are they in the FAR's exactly ??? You need to take your finger out.
Also, look at the IR theory exams that some hundreds of Pilots all have issue with too. Look at the petition against the CAA, hundreds of signatures from mostly European expats flying for Emirates or similar, thousands of hours and being told they have to do their IR theory exams again, what a load of rubbish.
Frankly, Europe and EARSA are a sinking ship, get this through you head and perhaps we can all move on to a common form of licencing with ICAO's help.