Another way of looking at it:
Under radar control, you are cleared "direct LIMES, descend to altitude 3,000 ft". What altitude would you descend to? I would humbly suggest you could descend to 3,000 ft and reach that altitude before LIMES.
Adding "from LIMES, cleared procedural ILS 07L/R" does nothing to change the descent clearance, except that after LIMES you must follow the procedure as published. If ATC wanted you to cross LIMES at 4,500 ft (or above), then surely the clearance would be "direct LIMES, descend to altitude 4,500 ft, from LIMES cleared procedural ILS 07L/R"?