But you would then get an intermitent code.
FWIW, if you do the VAG-Com EGR adaptation and then eliminate the EGR system you rarely get a code, and even then it typically only happened to me at low temps, around 0*F, and high altitude, above 5,000'.
You don't even have to completely shut the EGR off completely, setting it to function at 10 % of it's cycle will cut down of the crap being pulled in and plugging everything and the check light will never come on.