The EASA regs are a mess and a legal mess at that! The commission and EASA are at loggerheads hence the change of leadership at EASA to help fix that conflict.
Anyway J the Third country pilot issues have been delayed by the Commission to April 2015 is likely to be delayed again and what will be on the plate then will without doubt not be what is on the plate now!
Pilot licences for commercial air transport
and other commercial activities
Just as an example the red bit caused a lot of trouble and was unilaterally removed by the CAA with a new interpretation !!! Not a bad lot our CAA and wish they still regulated us independently from the EASA rubbish.
Pace