The Club de Berne is an intelligence sharing forum between the

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of the 27 states of the

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(EU),

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and Switzerland, named after the city of Bern. It is an institution based on voluntary exchange of secrets, experience and views as well as discussing problems.“Club de Berne” meeting in Switzerland
Swiss Federal Office of Police (28 April 2004)Rettman, Andrew (31 March 2011
EU commission keen to set up new counter-terrorism office
EU Observer The Club has existed since 1971 and has no secretariat and takes no decisions. The Counter Terrorism Group (CTG) is an offshoot of the Club and shares terrorism intelligence. It provides

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s to EU policy makers and provides a form for expert collaboration. The Group was created after 9/11 to further intelligence sharing cooperation between European intelligence structures.European counter terrorism meeting
MI5 CTG, like the Club, is outside of the EU's institutions but communicates with them via the participation of the EU Intelligence Analysis Centre (EU INTCEN) (a branch of the

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). Although it is outside the EU, its presidency rotates inline with that of the EU Council presidency and acts as a formal interface between the Club de Berne and the EU.

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