The IR(R) has been accepted by EASA in accordance with the requirements of Article 4 of the Aircrew Regulation in respect of national licences/ratings and conversion reports associated therewith.
Another AOPA victory, Whopity might care to note. If I hadn't insisted on the CAA representative both accepting the provisions of this Article and working to secure continuance of the IMCR, the CAA would have wrung their hands together, rolled over in defeat and killed the IMCR when they adopted Part-FCL.
There are people in L&TS who are inadequately testiculated to face up to €urocracy - a fact that their superiors are beginning to realise!
The CAA needs a Churchill, not a Chamberlain when it comes to dealing with obstinate €urocrats!