The commission instead set a quota that was practically twice that: 29,500 tons.
The greatest-remainder method first establishes a quota that is necessary for a party to receive representation.
Norway was the first country to invent a "fathers' quota" that has reserved a growing part of the yearlong paid parental leave for dads since 1993.
But the foreign influx, held within limits by a JSA quota that allows only one non-Japanese per stable, has been plagued with controversy.
In 2008, it attempted to mandate a quota that would have stopped teams from fielding more than five expatriate players in a starting 11.
Robert Fico, the Slovakian prime minister, said he would not be "dictated to" and would not observe any quota that was imposed.
Thus, even a quota that permits an offshore clearing bank to tap funding in China does not guarantee that it can obtain that funding at a reasonable price.
The senators also want to expand the popular H-1B category of work visas to 135,000, from 85,000 — a quota that is often reached in a matter of weeks or months every year.
But laws reserving at least two months of the generously paid, 13-month parental leave exclusively for fathers -- a quota that could well double after the September election -- have set off profound social change.
Norway still has more women on company boards than other countries, thanks to a 40% mandatory quota that came into effect in 2008, but women's share of senior management jobs is slightly down on last year.
Some reports said the state was considering letting farmers keep at least 30 percent of their yield; currently, it is believed, they are allowed to sell only a surplus beyond a government-set quota that is rarely met.
