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I doubt there is any text that browsers have to enable those certs by default outside the EU.

It could weaken protection for people in the EU, but then the way forward is to make requirements for root certs mandatory in the EU.

Maybe I missed it, but did the document require special UI elements for EU certs?

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Yes. It requires the EU Trustmark, a logo designed through a secondary-school competition, to be displayed with certain colors and sizing, as directed through Implementing Acts (which have the force of law, but decided at the Commission level).

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