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Work permit quotas for 2009 in the Swiss Cantons of Aargau, Geneva, Vaud, Zug, and Zurich have been exhausted. As a result, employers may not sponsor one-year work permits for non-European Union (EU) foreign nationals or nationals of EU countries on assignment in these Cantons until 2010.