In January 2020, DCE announced it would not organize a Championship event in 2020 due to insufficient corps registrations.

[2] The European Drum Corps Championship was hosted at Stadion Krommedijk in Dordrecht on 26 September 2022.

[4] The European Music Games (EMG) Judging Guide, utilized by other governing bodies within Europe, is developed and published by DCE's adjudicators.

[4] Prior to the reorganization, DCE operated as a private foundation which limited the ability of participating drum corps to improve the adjudication and competitive attributes of sanctioned events.

[4] In January 2020, DCE announced it would not organize a European Championship due to insufficient corps registrations.

[2] After a two year delay due to world events, the European Drum Corps Championship was hosted at Stadion Krommedijk in Dordrecht on 26 September 2022.

Source: [9] Classes available at DCE sanctioned competitions are broadly defined, keeping with the founding ideology of "as few rules as possible".

[5] Competitions that utilize DCE's adjudication manual are often billed as "European Music Games" (EMG).

The adjudication manual in use by Drum Corps Associates (DCA) prior to 2001 was adapted for use by DCE.

By 2006, the accumulated changes prevented corps from competing across the continent, as the reference criteria were no longer compatible, nor were the posted scores easily comparable.