quota system

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The U.A.E. was OPEC’s third-largest producer and has in recent years wanted to boost its output beyond levels allowed by the cartel’s quota system.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

A helpful program note by dramaturg Adrian Trujillo Centeno explains that the law eliminated “the national origins quota system that had favored Northern and Western Europeans since the 1920s.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2025

At least 25 percent of parliamentary seats must go to women, according to the quota system that also reserves nine seats for minorities.

From Barron's • Nov. 3, 2025

The EU says Brussels and Washington will work to cut that number and that they will be replaced by a quota system to come beyond 1 August.

From BBC • Jul. 31, 2025

The quota system has worked for over two hundred years, and although it fluctuates region to region, it makes it crystal clear what each scythe’s responsibility to the world is.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman