CBM1 (Comité du budget militaire)

CBM1 is a NATO abbreviation. It stands for Comité du budget militaire, the French name of the body that English-language NATO documents call the Military Budget Committee, abbreviated MBC. NATO's glossary of acronyms and abbreviations pairs the two entries directly, so the French code and the English code point to the same committee. The entry appears in the AAP-15 (2013) Glossary of NATO Acronyms and Abbreviations.

The term concerns how NATO manages money that member countries fund in common. NATO's current description of its funding states that the Budget Committee is responsible to the Resource Policy and Planning Board for implementing the Civil and Military Budgets. For a Canadian reader, CBM1 is best understood as a label from NATO's bilingual terminology, not as a Canadian federal program or buyer name.

What the CBM1 abbreviation means in NATO's glossary

AAP-15 is NATO's bilingual glossary of acronyms and abbreviations. In it, CBM1 is listed with the French expansion Comité du budget militaire. The English counterpart is listed as Military Budget Committee, with the abbreviation MBC. NATO's official terminology database, NATOTerm, is maintained by the NATO Terminology Office within the NATO Standardization Office, and it is the reference point for checking how NATO defines its terms. You can access it through the NATOTerm home page.

The Military Budget that the committee oversees

NATO identifies the Military Budget as one of its three principal common-funded budgets. According to NATO, it funds the NATO Command Structure and selected common-funded capabilities, operations, missions, training, and exercises. NATO also states that implementation of the Military Budget is overseen by the Budget Committee. The full description is on NATO's Funding NATO page.

• French name: Comité du budget militaire (CBM1)
• English name in the glossary: Military Budget Committee (MBC)
• Current NATO usage: Budget Committee, which oversees implementation of the Military Budget
• Reports to: the Resource Policy and Planning Board

Who holds the Military Budget

NATO names three primary Military Budget holders: the Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), the Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (SACT), and the Director General of the International Military Staff. The committee's oversight role sits alongside these budget holders, who are the officials responsible for the funds within the Military Budget.

Historical terms of reference

NATO's archives hold the terms of reference of the Civilian Budget Committee and Military Budget Committee. The record is available in the NATO Archives. It shows that the two budget committees were set out together in NATO's governing documents, and it explains why older material refers to a separate Military Budget Committee while current NATO pages use the single name Budget Committee.

What CBM1 means for a supplier bidding on Canadian public contracts

CBM1 is a NATO committee abbreviation. If you see it in a NATO document, read it as the Military Budget Committee, and read the French and English forms as one body. If your firm pursues work connected to NATO common funding, the Funding NATO page is the place to confirm how the Military Budget is structured and who oversees it. For any Canadian solicitation, rely on the requirements stated in the tender documents themselves. Use the glossary entry to decode NATO references, and confirm the terms of any specific opportunity at its source.