17. An application for recognition must be submitted to the Authority before or not more than 6 months after the activity is held, but not later than the last day of the reference period during which the activity is held, by the trainer, organization or educational institution providing the activity.
No later than the last day of the reference period in effect, a financial planner may, in accordance with section 18, submit an application for recognition of a training activity in which he took part and which has not already been recognized. The recognition decision rendered further to such an application is valid only for the financial planner in question.