Furthermore, the EDPS notes that the Communication should also be read as a response to the Stockholm programme, mentioned earlier on, which calls for coherence and consolidatio
n in developing the information exchange in the field of EU internal security. More precisely, Chapter 4.2.2 of the Stockholm programme invites the Eur
opean Commission to assess the need for developing a European Information Exchange Model based on the evaluation of the current instruments, including the Prüm framework
...[+++]and the so-called Swedish Framework Decision.