The public prosecutor and, in the enquiries, the police may covertly observe persons and property in generally accessible locations and make image or sound recordings while doing so if:
there is reason to believe on the basis of specific information that felonies or misdemeanours have been committed; and
the enquiries would otherwise have no prospect of success or be made unreasonably complicated.
Where observation activities ordered by the police have been conducted for one month, their continuation requires authorisation by the public prosecutor.