Year-end spending — PeBaniiNostri.ro

Every authority buys in December, and the share of those three weeks varies from year to year: 9.5% of the money in 2022, 4.1% in 2023. So the indicator compares each authority with the national average for the same year: it is flagged when it puts at least three times as much into the window. The table is ordered by the amount spent above normal.

Flagged cases

3,152

Spending above normal

1.06 Bn.

Average vs. national

5.1×

Flagged authorities by year

Years marked * are not fully covered by the data: 2018.

The data does not cover the whole window in 2023, so that year figures are a floor. For 2018, the first year of the dataset, the annual total is grossed up to a full year.

What the flagged windows were spent on

The 12 largest CPV groups by value; the other 271 are added into a single tile. The amount is what was spent in the flagged windows, not the amount above normal, which cannot be split by code.

National share of the 10-31 December window, by year

How it is computed

Computed on every direct purchase from 2018 to today.

Direct purchases are taken by finalisation date.
They are grouped by authority and year. A year counts only if the data covers all of its December, so the current year is left out.
The first year in the data starts in April, so its total is estimated for a full year from the nearby complete years. The correction makes the total larger, so it can only remove a case, never create one.
Spending from 10–31 December is divided by the yearly total: that is the authority's share.
The same share is computed for the whole country in the same year. It varies a lot (9.5% in 2022, 4.1% in 2023), which is why no fixed threshold is used.
The authority's share is divided by the national one. The amount above normal is the window spending minus what the authority would have spent at the national share.
Authority-years at least 3 times the national share are flagged, with at least 5 purchases in the window and at least 100,000 RON above normal, among those that spent over 200,000 RON in the year.

Thresholds

Window: 10–31 December, by the direct purchase's finalisation date
Minimum multiple of the national share: 3×
Minimum spending above normal: 100,000 RON
Minimum number of purchases in the window: 5
Minimum yearly direct-purchase budget: 200,000 RON

Direct purchases only. Tenders are left out: they are prepared months ahead, so a December signature is not a last-minute decision. Actual payments are not in the data.

Year-end spending has a legitimate side: the budget closes on 31 December and unspent money is lost. The indicator does not say a purchase is unlawful, only that its timing departs from the national pattern. A year in which everyone spent late produces no flags.

The full explanation, on the methodology page

Year-end spending
Contracting authority	Year	Total spend in the year	Spend 10-31 December	Purchases in the window	December share	Vs. national	Above normal	Purchases
COMUNA SCURTU MARE CUI: 6691959	2024	1,610,618	756,274	5	47.0%	8.7×	669,762	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
COMUNA BUJORENI CUI: 2541010	2024	3,046,277	832,459	6	27.3%	5.1×	668,832	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
UNITATEA MILITARA 01016 CUI: 32537534	2018	3,079,231 The first year in the data starts in April, so its yearly total is estimated for a full year.	909,159	44	29.5%	3.8×	666,947	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
COMUNA HOCENI CUI: 3394309	2022	2,573,349	910,887	10	35.4%	3.7×	666,289	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
COMUNA VARBILAU CUI: 2844197	2020	2,096,898	843,812	5	40.2%	4.7×	665,375	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
SALINA TURDA SA CUI: 26128977	2023	7,660,755	981,017	156	12.8%	3.1×	664,292	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
CENTRUL DE PROIECTE AL MUNICIPIULUI TIMISOARA CUI: 44202834	2022	1,857,615	840,322	10	45.2%	4.8×	663,755	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
TEATRUL NATIONAL DE OPERETA SI MUSICAL ION DACIAN CUI: 4340099	2019	1,723,601	794,529	51	46.1%	6.1×	663,603	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
CLUBUL SPORTIV RAPID-BUCURESTI CUI: 4420651	2020	1,913,063	822,942	67	43.0%	5.1×	660,148	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
COMUNA VAD CUI: 4485502	2021	1,797,210	826,566	12	46.0%	5.0×	660,063	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
UM 02499 BUCURESTI CUI: 5129783	2021	1,641,412	811,408	50	49.4%	5.3×	659,339	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
COMUNA BREASTA CUI: 4554050	2022	3,167,416	960,016	9	30.3%	3.2×	658,952	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
UM 02499 BUCURESTI CUI: 5129783	2025	2,513,909	808,732	28	32.2%	5.2×	653,522	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
SANADOR SRL CUI: 12530000	2023	7,184,503	949,975	39	13.2%	3.2×	652,940	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
ADMINISTRATIA NATIONALA APELE ROMANE CUI: 24326056	2023	5,910,379	895,835	102	15.2%	3.7×	651,477	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
UNIVERSITATEA DE ARHITECTURA SI URBANISM ION MINCU CUI: 4283996	2019	2,016,941	804,515	26	39.9%	5.3×	651,307	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
COMUNA ULIESTI CUI: 4280450	2024	4,285,751	881,347	15	20.6%	3.8×	651,143	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
COMUNA COGEALAC CUI: 4804407	2018	2,269,793 The first year in the data starts in April, so its yearly total is estimated for a full year.	827,578	8	36.5%	4.6×	649,036	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
INSTITUTUL DE STAT PENTRU TESTAREA SI INREGISTRAREA SOIURILOR CUI: 4192880	2020	1,609,307	785,080	14	48.8%	5.7×	648,135	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
FEDERATIA ROMANA DE JUDO CUI: 14397378	2024	1,885,054	749,224	33	39.8%	7.4×	647,971	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
COMUNA BAITA DE SUB CODRU CUI: 3627161	2021	1,364,224	772,954	7	56.7%	6.1×	646,565	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
COMUNA CHEVERESU MARE CUI: 5815226	2022	2,450,655	878,802	22	35.9%	3.8×	645,866	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
AGENTIA NATIONALA DE ADMINISTRARE FISCALA CUI: 16031712	2025	1,981,617	764,898	17	38.6%	6.3×	642,552	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
COMUNA APAHIDA CUI: 4485243	2023	5,934,598	887,106	24	15.0%	3.6×	641,747	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
COMUNA TATARANI CUI: 4627321	2022	1,967,453	827,312	13	42.1%	4.4×	640,305	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December

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Contracting authority: The authority that spent. One row is one authority in one year.
Year: The year the purchases were finalised.
Total spend in the year: Everything the authority spent through direct purchases that year. For the first year in the data it is estimated for a full year.
Spend 10-31 December: How much of that money was spent between 10 and 31 December.
Purchases in the window: How many direct purchases were finalised in the window. Below five nothing is flagged: it may be a single large purchase.
December share: Window spending as a percentage of the whole year. Read it with the next column, because the national average changes each year.
Vs. national: How many times the authority's share exceeds the national one in the same year. 1× means the same as the country; flagged from 3×.
Above normal: Window spending minus what the authority would have spent at the national share. The table is ordered by this column.
Purchases: Opens the authority's direct purchases from that window.

The same data, through the API

Every figure on this page comes from the public API, through the endpoints below. The parameters each one takes are in the documentation; each needs an access key.

/api/v1/reference/years
/api/v1/red-flags/sindromul-decembrie
/api/v1/red-flags/overview/years
/api/v1/red-flags/sindromul-decembrie/distribution
/api/v1/red-flags/sindromul-decembrie/cpv-spend

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