tmmorris - I didnt (know the FI rating expired at the FIR). So is that another JAR ism? Are you saying the position is a UK FI qualified with a JAA license cannot teach in France or needs some other bit of paper before he can do so?
As to flying approaches in simulated IMC, there was a previous thread on this that reached the conclusion that was fine subject to the caveats mentioned.
It is true you cant use the IMC rating in France, but of course the point is training on the L2K approach is much cheaper than most here, and after all one ILS is much like any other (except in JAA land I suppose).