'NoHoverstop' I had read somewhere that the VACC Harrier only did SRVL approaches to CdeG in 2007 - I would have to go search for that quote though.
Are you sure you haven't mis-remembered a description of the HMS Illustrious 2008 trial, rather then the 2007 PA Charles de Gaulle demo? SRVL approaches were flown then to overshoot (or to stop alongside and VL), with the overshoot usually being very low (initiated past the point where on a QEC ship with nominal aim point geometry, the aircraft would have already crossed the stern). SRVL landing on Illustrious wasn't done because with the ramp at the bow and one of the two experimental Bedford Arrays actually
on (rather than
in) the flight deck at the stern*, it was "VL room only". Charles de Gaulle the previous year had neither of those two issues, but it also didn't have North Atlantic in Winter waves.
Oh and it's VAAC - Vectored-thrust Aircraft Advanced flight Control
*in the cases where this array was used the overshoot had to be a bit higher.