I did my CPL conversion in the UK, from the time they received my papers until the time I had the license in my mailbox, about 2 weeks.

A friend of mine went to Greece, he waited 14 weeks for his license.

I worked at a flying school in Spain... many guys were waiting about 8 weeks for their licenses in the mail.

In the UK, they have same day counter service at the CAA if you go in person for adding ratings and what not... let's just say this service isn't available in Spain.

I met a guy with a Dutch issued license who was flying in Spain, and he pays lower renewal fees than I do in the UK and he seems to have very good customer service like I do in the UK.