1.   At the time, the Russian government agreed to accept quotas to avoid punitive duties.

2.   The fact is we have tried to compromise but not to accept quotas.

3.   The office of the U.S. Trade Representative is to decide by Tuesday whether to impose sanctions against Colombia and Costa Rica for accepting banana quotas from the European Union.

4.   Thousands of Spanish fishermen face the loss of their livelihoods if Madrid agrees to accept strict quotas for turbot.

5.   Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland and the Netherlands accept yearly quotas of U.N. refugees.

6.   At a meeting with French officials last Friday in Paris, however, Santer appeared to soften his position, hinting he could accept quotas as an interim measure.

7.   They said Iraq could accept a quota of one million bpd, which could be increased later to reach its pre-war level of more than three million bpd.

8.   Japan has challenged the tariffs before the new World Trade Organization and has argued it cannot accept numerical quotas for the automobile industry.