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 CORBEANCA CUI: 4611538	2025	6,892,615	1,740,134	17	25.3%	4.1×	1,314,581	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
DIRECTIA GENERALA DE ASISTENTA SOCIALA SI PROTECTIA COPILULUI - BISTRITA-NASAUD CUI: 8883551	2018	4,608,817 The first year in the data starts in April, so its yearly total is estimated for a full year.	1,674,063	146	36.3%	4.6×	1,311,534	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
COMUNA DUMBRAVA CUI: 4712532	2019	2,829,137	1,523,537	6	53.9%	7.1×	1,308,634	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
COMUNA BARCANESTI CUI: 2845311	2025	5,972,146	1,672,485	26	28.0%	4.5×	1,303,762	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
COMUNA TARGSORU VECHI CUI: 2845230	2022	3,630,488	1,640,976	7	45.2%	4.8×	1,295,897	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
DIRECTIA GENERALA DE IMPOZITE SI TAXE LOCALE SECTOR 4 CUI: 13839528	2022	2,466,400	1,518,511	24	61.6%	6.5×	1,284,079	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
COMUNA CORNETU CUI: 4364470	2022	2,978,173	1,566,735	10	52.6%	5.5×	1,283,658	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
ADMINISTRATIA NATIONALA APELE ROMANE -ADMINISTRATIA BAZINALA DE APA MURES CUI: 23719936	2021	6,066,747	1,839,044	219	30.3%	3.3×	1,276,989	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
MUNICIPIUL LUPENI CUI: 4375046	2019	7,320,548	1,822,996	21	24.9%	3.3×	1,266,923	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
COLEGIUL NATIONAL DE MUZICA GEORGE ENESCU CUI: 4505324	2021	3,098,898	1,531,160	38	49.4%	5.3×	1,244,062	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
ORAS BUSTENI CUI: 2845729	2024	4,836,522	1,503,325	23	31.1%	5.8×	1,243,537	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
COMUNA HOLBOCA CUI: 4540518	2020	4,893,413	1,655,054	23	33.8%	4.0×	1,238,644	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
COMUNA CATEASCA CUI: 4971995	2025	9,234,162	1,804,720	22	19.5%	3.2×	1,234,598	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
COMUNA BIXAD CUI: 3963986	2025	6,158,633	1,613,141	15	26.2%	4.2×	1,232,904	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
OPERA NATIONALA ROMANA IASI CUI: 4541610	2020	1,690,767	1,366,067	60	80.8%	9.5×	1,222,190	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
ORASUL VLAHITA CUI: 4245224	2023	5,832,953	1,456,532	29	25.0%	6.0×	1,215,376	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
COMUNA VALEA SEACA CUI: 4981271	2025	2,332,921	1,354,872	8	58.1%	9.4×	1,210,836	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
MONETARIA STATULUI RA CUI: 427304	2024	7,643,318	1,614,474	78	21.1%	3.9×	1,203,922	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
COMUNA BRAZI CUI: 2845290	2019	5,124,182	1,590,100	24	31.0%	4.1×	1,200,864	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
COMUNA TARSOLT CUI: 3896909	2022	2,352,354	1,417,676	11	60.3%	6.3×	1,194,084	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
COMUNA DIMITRIE CANTEMIR CUI: 3394295	2022	2,474,631	1,426,801	20	57.7%	6.1×	1,191,586	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
COMUNA DRAGANESTI CUI: 3264597	2022	5,103,175	1,669,696	14	32.7%	3.4×	1,184,637	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
COMUNA GORNESTI CUI: 4322521	2019	3,298,908	1,434,342	39	43.5%	5.7×	1,183,755	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
COMUNA CAMPINEANCA CUI: 4297983	2025	2,800,992	1,355,074	14	48.4%	7.8×	1,182,139	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
MUNICIPIUL TIMISOARA CUI: 14756536	2025	5,856,521	1,543,461	16	26.4%	4.3×	1,181,877	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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