The worrying part in that report and in information linked in that report is that there is a distinction being made between "Model Aircraft" and "Drone" or "Multirotor Aircraft" which ,to me,seems to be indicating that non multirotor aircraft or "Model Aircraft",will be left alone and the new regulations will be directed more towards multirotor aircraft.
From the report linked above:
EASA are sending out a standard response to comments submitted:
"Subject: RE: Flying of Model Aircraft
Thank you for expressing interest in the UAS Prototype Rule.
We had and are having a big debate on model inclusion in this regulation and how to
differentiate between a model and a normal drone operator flying for leisure."
From
FAI & Europe Air Sports
Update on EASA Prototype Rules forUnmanned Aircraft
"The Prototype Rules are written to provide a regulatory framework for the rapidly
developing area of ‘drone’ operation (at this time principally multirotor aircraft).
Unfortunately, ‘drones’ and model aircraft share the same legal definition as
‘unmanned aircraft’ (UA) which means that the proposed regulations also
capture model flying.
EASA has tried to
minimise the impact of the Prototype Rules on model flying
(through Article 15) and proposes that it will be accommodated within the
regulatory framework under a simplified authorisation process within the
proposed ‘Specific Category’."
So with those distinctions being made this could all be still as bad for multirotor enthusiasts as initially indicated.
Hopefully CASA will have more sense and not dump the reasonable regulations it has worked so hard to formulate and introduce over the last couple of years in favour of adopting a paranoid and discriminatory set of rules such as are proposed in these "prototype" European regulations.