Dublinpilot,
it has been quite widely reported here in Switzerland that several pilots operating out of there who have been operating for decades into those small airfields. One report even claims that a pilot operating NORDO with all respective permissions got fined.
It is also reported that one part of Germany has now started the same b.s, or is about to.
So you'll need a French LP4 in order to land on (FR) airports and you will likely need a German LP4 to land on certain airports there.
I say, stop the madness and make the LP requirements for controlled airspace/airports only. Otherwise, unless you speak all the ICAO Languages in existence in Europe, VFR flying into small airfields can become impossible in the very near future.
Last edited by AN2 Driver; 18th Oct 2012 at 22:20.