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
SCOALA SUPERIOARA DE AVIATIE CIVILA CUI: 11534322	2022	7,838,121	2,613,404	66	33.3%	3.5×	1,868,387	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
MUNICIPIUL SIBIU CUI: 4270740	2024	8,780,154	2,313,172	31	26.4%	4.9×	1,841,557	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
COMPLEXUL NATIONAL MUZEAL ASTRA SIBIU CUI: 4406304	2024	3,944,555	1,944,964	7	49.3%	9.2×	1,733,087	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
COMUNA PIETROASA CUI: 4641326	2019	5,451,156	2,143,441	18	39.3%	5.2×	1,729,368	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
SECTORUL 5 AL MUNICIPIULUI BUCURESTI CUI: 4433953	2018	10,349,105 The first year in the data starts in April, so its yearly total is estimated for a full year.	2,531,530	126	24.5%	3.1×	1,717,470	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
ORAS VOLUNTARI CUI: 4283481	2025	12,483,368	2,468,320	13	19.8%	3.2×	1,697,591	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
DIRECTIA GENERALA DE PROTECTIE INTERNA CUI: 36755310	2022	7,374,412	2,367,102	61	32.1%	3.4×	1,666,161	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
COMUNA GILAU CUI: 4485421	2019	7,201,250	2,161,009	13	30.0%	4.0×	1,613,998	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
CENTRUL DE CULTURA ARTA SI AGREMENT TARGU MURES CUI: 47113359	2025	5,854,078	1,960,334	17	33.5%	5.4×	1,598,900	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
UM 0521 BUCURESTI CUI: 8372077	2023	17,963,452	2,322,832	76	12.9%	3.1×	1,580,155	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
ORASUL DRAGOMIRESTI CUI: 3627560	2019	2,799,289	1,767,990	15	63.2%	8.3×	1,555,355	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
APAREGIO GORJ SA CUI: 20415711	2024	7,351,207	1,936,710	67	26.4%	4.9×	1,541,849	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
DIRECTIA GENERALA DE PROTECTIE INTERNA CUI: 36755310	2025	3,535,829	1,751,218	39	49.5%	8.0×	1,532,914	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
COMPANIA DE APA TARGOVISTE-DAMBOVITA SA CUI: 10084149	2023	12,212,834	2,018,992	83	16.5%	4.0×	1,514,067	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
COMUNA BUNESTI CUI: 2541819	2024	3,466,476	1,696,405	7	48.9%	9.1×	1,510,207	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
DIRECTIA GENERALA DE PROTECTIE INTERNA CUI: 36755310	2023	3,542,176	1,654,063	25	46.7%	11.3×	1,507,616	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
COMUNA BARCANESTI CUI: 2845311	2024	4,987,311	1,749,803	33	35.1%	6.5×	1,481,916	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
SPITALUL PROF DR EDUARD APETREI BUHUSI CUI: 4187271	2025	7,008,740	1,862,026	280	26.6%	4.3×	1,429,303	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
COMUNA BUDACU DE JOS CUI: 4347348	2022	2,763,605	1,685,878	15	61.0%	6.4×	1,423,196	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
COMUNA DARMANESTI CUI: 4244300	2022	4,692,456	1,841,639	10	39.3%	4.1×	1,395,619	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
AUTORITATEA NATIONALA PENTRU ADMINISTRARE SI REGLEMENTARE IN COMUNICATII CUI: 14751237	2022	6,231,837	1,977,588	57	31.7%	3.3×	1,385,249	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
DIRECTIA GENERALA DE PROTECTIE INTERNA CUI: 36755310	2021	5,060,131	1,851,556	78	36.6%	4.0×	1,382,760	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
COMPANIA AQUASERV SA CUI: 10755074	2025	10,140,318	1,987,056	11	19.6%	3.2×	1,360,988	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
COMUNA MASTACANI CUI: 4322254	2018	4,135,901 The first year in the data starts in April, so its yearly total is estimated for a full year.	1,649,405	12	39.9%	5.1×	1,324,075	See the direct purchases from 10–31 December
COMUNA PRUNDU BARGAULUII CUI: 4347410	2024	12,085,160	1,964,789	14	16.3%	3.0×	1,315,649	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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