The ATPL check for years was a paperwork exercise in the UK.
And for a long period when JAR came in it continued to be a tick box intially just taken as your normal LPC after getting the aquired hours and then as box to be ticked.
Some European Countries its a bit more involved requiring a state examinor not a company one and also the test is seperate and done from the LHS seat with LOFT exercises.
The SPA-ME-IR was the only real test when the examinor was independent and salaried allocated by a central office with nothing dependent on a pass or fail.