It is utterly unrealistic to expect international operators to examine the minutae of every countries AIPs, AICs, Safety Sense leaflets etc etc. The normal practice in aviation is to use standard products like Jeppesen.
which means an operator does need to self brief the big picture of IFR OCAS.
I see these two statements as a contradiction to each other
Chevvron, thanks, we filed PEPIS as it was the only point that Eurocontrol would accept, and it also gave us a defined arrival route, albeit a loss of communications route. Lets see what happens the next time
Mutt