1. In Brave New Euroland, the only 'applied instrument' instructional criteria are those required in order to provide instruction for the IR. Such instruction may be provided either by an IRI or by an FI who meets the stated criteria.
2. Anyone who currently instructs / examines for the IMC Rating may continue to do so into the future, assuming that all relevant ratings / certificates remain valid. This will also apply to the 'IR(Restricted)' - which is identical to the IMC Rating in all but name.
3. However, the CAA has not yet formulated suitable requirements for future IMCr / IR(R) instructors / examiners - i.e. those who won't be qualified to do so before 17 Sep 2012 but would like to be at some future time. AOPA has submitted a paper which proposes a solution, but the CAA won't take this to EASA until it knows whether our NPA 2011-16 comments have been accepted.