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
MI - UM 0575 BUCURESTI CUI: 4340676	2021	2,350,546	1,271,708	126	54.1%	5.8×	1,053,941	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
COMUNA BANITA CUI: 8713590	2025	2,291,512	1,194,292	8	52.1%	8.4×	1,052,813	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
SCOALA GIMNAZIALA MIRCEA SANTIMBREANU CUI: 13698763	2018	1,771,093 The first year in the data starts in April, so its yearly total is estimated for a full year.	1,190,781	12	67.2%	8.6×	1,051,467	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
COMUNA REDIU CUI: 4540348	2019	3,694,593	1,331,194	12	36.0%	4.7×	1,050,551	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
SERVICIUL DE ADMINISTRARE A COMPLEXULUI SPORTIV DE NATATIE OTOPENI CUI: 45951502	2022	4,227,329	1,443,712	17	34.2%	3.6×	1,041,903	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
MUNICIPIUL DOROHOI CUI: 4112945	2024	5,492,767	1,328,879	26	24.2%	4.5×	1,033,842	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
COMUNA GALANESTI CUI: 4441352	2022	2,123,361	1,231,818	14	58.0%	6.1×	1,029,992	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
UNITATEA MILITARA 02415 CUI: 4183318	2024	3,519,434	1,213,277	21	34.5%	6.4×	1,024,235	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
COMUNA HUSNICIOARA CUI: 4484434	2024	1,753,235	1,116,710	6	63.7%	11.9×	1,022,537	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
COMUNA PIELESTI CUI: 4553992	2025	8,217,170	1,526,796	15	18.6%	3.0×	1,019,464	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
ORASUL EFORIE CUI: 4617794	2023	12,240,070	1,521,466	10	12.4%	3.0×	1,015,415	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
FEDERATIA ROMANA DE CANOTAJ CUI: 4203849	2020	2,286,824	1,206,664	30	52.8%	6.2×	1,012,065	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
ADMINISTRATIA MONUMENTELOR SI PATRIMONIULUI TURISTIC CUI: 11782204	2018	3,244,923 The first year in the data starts in April, so its yearly total is estimated for a full year.	1,266,326	45	39.0%	5.0×	1,011,080	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
COMUNA TINCA CUI: 4794605	2020	3,884,816	1,341,108	22	34.5%	4.1×	1,010,526	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
ORASUL RASNOV CUI: 4443353	2024	6,818,920	1,374,900	27	20.2%	3.8×	1,008,630	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
JUDETUL GALATI CUI: 3127476	2020	4,090,659	1,353,750	18	33.1%	3.9×	1,005,652	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
COMUNA VRANCIOAIA CUI: 4447266	2018	2,545,517 The first year in the data starts in April, so its yearly total is estimated for a full year.	1,201,991	26	47.2%	6.0×	1,001,761	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
COMITETUL OLIMPIC SI SPORTIV ROMAN CUI: 13746143	2021	4,480,459	1,416,370	46	31.6%	3.4×	1,001,277	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
COMUNA BERCENI CUI: 2845338	2020	3,679,465	1,311,189	31	35.6%	4.2×	998,082	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
ORASUL PETRILA CUI: 4375097	2022	3,188,577	1,300,791	49	40.8%	4.3×	997,715	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
DIRECTIA GENERALA DE ASISTENTA SOCIALA SI PROTECTIA COPILULUI OLT CUI: 9746625	2023	5,147,196	1,209,986	48	23.5%	5.7×	997,181	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
ORASUL FAGET CUI: 2509958	2025	3,845,376	1,233,493	12	32.1%	5.2×	996,078	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
COMUNA BRAZI CUI: 2845290	2023	4,141,556	1,165,226	20	28.1%	6.8×	993,998	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE NEUROLOGIE SI BOLI NEUROVASCULARE CUI: 7548010	2024	5,011,419	1,242,032	88	24.8%	4.6×	972,850	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
COMUNA LETCANI CUI: 4540488	2022	3,896,430	1,339,875	14	34.4%	3.6×	969,518	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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