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à perimètre de substances prohibées constant

English translation: but still keeping within the same limits for banned substances

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French term or phrase:à perimètre de substances prohibées constant
English translation:but still keeping within the same limits for banned substances
Entered by: Dominic Gourd

14:44 Nov 20, 2007
French to English translations [PRO]
Ships, Sailing, Maritime
French term or phrase: à perimètre de substances prohibées constant
Here is the expression in context:

« Sur le long terme, le « ships baby-boom » de ces dernières années posera la question du démantèlement de ces navires, mais à perimètre de substances prohibées constant, dans des termes nouveaux puisque précisément ils ne contiendront ni amiante, ni PCB. »

I have come across "à perimètre constant" as "on a like-for-like basis", but am not sure how this fits in here. Help needed! Thanks!
Dominic Gourd
Local time: 21:19
but still keeping within the same limits for banned substances
Explanation:
That actual expression may well be too informal for your context, but I hope it will at least give you a clue as to how to render the underlying meaning — an amount of one thing that doesn't change, even though other factors do.

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Note added at 5 mins (2007-11-20 14:50:17 GMT)
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There has been quite a lot of discussion in the past around this or similar expressions, so you'd probably do well to search the glossary, but keeping the term as open as possible to catch all variants.
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Tony M
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Local time: 02:19
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but still keeping within the same limits for banned substances


Explanation:
That actual expression may well be too informal for your context, but I hope it will at least give you a clue as to how to render the underlying meaning — an amount of one thing that doesn't change, even though other factors do.

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Note added at 5 mins (2007-11-20 14:50:17 GMT)
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There has been quite a lot of discussion in the past around this or similar expressions, so you'd probably do well to search the glossary, but keeping the term as open as possible to catch all variants.

Tony M
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