31 forwarding them to a prosecutor for consideration of charges, if the data is essential for performing the duties in question. Data from a police personal data file established for the purpose of performing duties laid down in section 1(3) of the Police Act may be supplied if the data is essential for the performance of the duty for which the data was collected and recorded. (2) Information as referred to in section 12 may, however, only be supplied if it is essential: 1) for ensuring State security; 2) for countering an immediate danger threatening life or health or for preventing significant damage to property; 3) for preventing or investigating an offence subject to imprisonment. 4) for preventing and investigating crime falling within the jurisdiction of the European Police Office, or some other serious crime. (3) The police may supply data from a police personal data file to the authorities referred to in subsection 1 for a purpose other than one equivalent to data collection and recording if the data is essential: 1) for ensuring State security; 2) for countering an immediate danger threatening life or health or for for preventing significant damage to property; 3) for preventing or investigating an offence subject to imprisonment. 4) for establishing a person’s identity when undertaking an individual police duty that necessarily requires verification of identity; 5) for deciding or issuing an opinion on the granting or validity of an authorization if it has been laid down that a requirement for the granting or validity of the authorization is the applicant’s or holder’s reliability, suitability or other such attribute whose assessment