S.L. 164.6 Art. 10Own-initiative provision of information. 14 [S.L.

(1) The International Relations Unit may, through the competent law enforcement authorities, provide information on its own initiative to the Single Points of Contact or to the competent law enforcement authorities of other Member States, where there are reasonable grounds for considering that such information could be relevant to those other Member States for the purpose of preventing, detecting or investigating criminal offences.

(2) The Commissioner of Police shall issue guidelines for the International Relations Unit and the designated law enforcement authorities regarding the own-initiative provision of information.

(3) The International Relations Unit or the competent law enforcement authorities shall provide, on their own initiative, information available at their end to the Single Points of Contact or to the competent law enforcement authorities of other Member States where there are objective reasons to believe that such information could be relevant to those other Member States for the purpose of preventing, detecting or investigating serious criminal offences.

(4) Notwithstanding the provision of sub-regulation (1), the International Relations Unit or the competent law enforcement authorities shall not provide information in cases referred to in regulation 9(1)(c) or (f).

(5) When providing information on its own initiative, the International Relations Unit shall copy in the Single Point of Contact of the other Member State when exchanging information with the competent law enforcement authorities of the other Member State.

(6) When providing information on their own initiative, the competent law enforcement authorities shall ensure, where appropriate, that both the International Relations Unit and the Single Point of Contact of the other Member State are copied in when information is exchanged. BETWEEN NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES AND OTHER AUTHORITIES OF THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION HAVING 164.06 SIMILAR POWERS

(7) The competent law enforcement authorities shall send, at the same time as providing information to the Single Point of Contact or the competent law enforcement authorities of another Member State, a copy of such information to the International Relations Unit or the Single Point of Contact of the other Member State, or the competent law enforcement authorities of the other Member State, as the case may be, including in cases of:

(a) an ongoing highly sensitive investigation for which the processing of information requires an appropriate level of confidentiality;

(b) terrorism cases not involving emergency or crisis management situations;

(c) the safety of an individual.