Last year, it agreed to allow an additional 14 Imax or 3D films over and above the quota of 20 foreign films.

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Reforms reportedly have been adopted in areas worst hit by famine to reduce the number of families per plot and establish a production quota above which farmers can keep the excess.

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For some months now, the big emerging markets of Brazil, Russia, India and China have been discussing providing more capital to the International Monetary Fund above their current quota in order to bail out Europe.

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The incentive to cheat grew even stronger as non-OPEC suppliers, especially Russia, grew in importance. (Russia's output has increased by 2m bpd every year for the past three years.) OPEC's current production of around 30m bpd (including Iraq) is well above its official quota of 26m bpd.

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The group got off to a blazing start, with hundreds of companies, including DuPont, Ford and Motorola, rushing in with agreements to buy and sell rights to emit CO2 above a legally binding quota.

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Saudi production in July was 9.25m bpd, well above its 8.45m quota, but below its 10.5m official capacity.

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Yep, The above mentioned company hired me at a stated commission and quota.

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The Faroe Islands, midway between Britain and Iceland, got in on the act and trebled their quota to 85, 000 tonnes, pushing the total catch way above the ICES limit.

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