What a load of bureaucratic bollox!
I understand that its implementation has been delayed as long as possible but was there a consultation on this and was it publicised? And as usual the faceless bureaucrats are good at spending our money for stuff we may never need.

That link is to the draft of the main regulation. What you really want is the consolidated version which includes all the updates, guidance material and acceptable means of compliance in one place.

Take a look at the main page. Then look under the drop down list under Air Operations for "Easy Access rules". There is something similar for the aircrew regulation. Here is the link but it will be broken as soon as they update it.

Welcome to the EU, and your side of the border is all for keeping it!