According to the Alternative Trading System Rules, as of 1 January 2012, each Authorised Adviser is required to employ at least two persons holding an Alternative Trading System Adviser Certificate.
According to the Alternative Trading System Rules, as of 1 January 2012, each Authorised Adviser is required to employ at least two persons holding an Alternative Trading System Adviser Certificate.
A person holding a Certificate may be employed by only one Authorised Adviser at a time.
Each Authorised Adviser should appoint within its organisations at least one person holding a Certificate to be responsible for an issuer to which the Authorised Adviser provides its services.
An Adviser Certificate is granted on the basis of a passed examination which tests the knowledge of the candidate for a Certificate to the extent necessary to perform the tasks assigned to Authorised Advisers in the Alternative Trading System.
As the Alternative System Organiser, the Warsaw Stock Exchange organises examinations for Certified Advisers. An Examination is designed to test the expertise of a person who applies for a Certificate to the extent necessary to perform the tasks assigned to an Authorised Adviser in the Alternative Trading System.
The rules of holding examinations authorising the receipt of an Adviser Certificate, in particular the form, the dates, and the thematic scope of the examination, the amount of fees for participation in the examination, as well as the composition and the mode of appointment of the examination board, are set out in Resolution No. 1133/2011 of the Warsaw Stock Exchange Management Board dated 31 August 2011.
The thematic scope of examinations is set out in Certified Adviser in the Alternative Trading System
Examination entries should be submitted electronically in PDF format (bearing a qualified electronic signature or a trusted signature) to egzamin@newconnect.pl , or in paper (bearing a hand-written signature) to GPW address.
Examination entries should be made on an application form no later than 10 days before the scheduled date of an examination.
Participation in an examination is subject to a fee of PLN 500 + VAT which should be paid in advance to the bank account of the Warsaw Stock Exchange
account no. 96 1240 6003 1111 0000 4946 2733.
Information about the dates of examinations organised within the current calendar year is published by the end of January of each year.
Examinations authorising the receipt of an Alternative Trading System Adviser Certificate will be held on the following dates in 2025:
The Alternative Trading System Organiser reserves the right to change the above dates, cancel an examination, or schedule an additional date in addition to the approved schedule.
Participation in an examination is subject to an examination fee of PLN 500 + VAT which should be paid in advance to the bank account of the Warsaw Stock Exchange
ul. Książęca 4, 00-498 Warsaw
account no. 96 1240 6003 1111 0000 4946 2733.
On request of the interested person, to hold an examination outside the seat of the Alternative System Organiser, the requesting person should pay the amount of fees (not including an examination fee):
The results of an Examination are published within 5 business days after the date of the examination or within another time limit set by the Chairperson of the Board.
Information about the result of an examination is sent to a participant at an e-mail address specified in the application form. The information contains the number of points scored by the participant. Examination participants may appeal against the results of an examination to the Board. The appeal time limit is 5 business days from the date of publication of the examination results. Appeals are made by e-mail at an address: odwolaniaegzamin@newconnect.pl. The Board reviews appeals within 10 business days from the appeal time limit.