Not in accordance with EASA Part FCL you can't.
There's a thread about this on the Examiner section of this website :
FCL 1030 - Pre-Requisites for EASA Skills tests
Well me and I personally know about 50 people who have. My examiner never had an issue with it, neither did theres. No issues with license issue either from CAA. The only thing was I couldn't apply for the CPL license before 200 hours, but the test I did at 175.
Unless this has changed in the past 6 months. Or, the examiners didn't really know about this, which is likely as the CAA and EASA change things every 5 minutes and they can't keep up!