Problem in Sql*loader with specifc characters like "ù,°,€ ...."

Hello,
I have problems by loadinf a flat file which contains specific characters.
These characters multiplies by 2 the size of the zone.
For example, in chains of 10 characters.
If the value is :
' ABCDEFGHIJ' OK (10)
' ABCDEFGHI° ' NOK (9 + 1*2) 11 > 10
' Aù°?° ' OK (2*5)
' A°°°°° ' NOK (1 + 5*2) 11 > 10
For your information :
PARAMETER     Base     Instance     Session
NLS_CALENDAR     GREGORIAN          GREGORIAN
NLS_CHARACTERSET     AL32UTF8
NLS_COMP     BINARY          BINARY
NLS_CURRENCY     $          F
NLS_DATE_FORMAT     DD-MON-RR          MM/DD/YYYY HH24:MI:SS
NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE     AMERICAN          FRENCH
NLS_DUAL_CURRENCY     $          €
NLS_ISO_CURRENCY     AMERICA          FRANCE
NLS_LANGUAGE     AMERICAN     AMERICAN     FRENCH
NLS_LENGTH_SEMANTICS     BYTE     BYTE     BYTE
NLS_NCHAR_CHARACTERSET     AL16UTF16
NLS_NCHAR_CONV_EXCP     FALSE     FALSE     FALSE
NLS_NUMERIC_CHARACTERS     .,          ,.
NLS_RDBMS_VERSION     9.2.0.4.0
NLS_SORT     BINARY          FRENCH
NLS_TERRITORY     AMERICA     AMERICA     FRANCE
NLS_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT     DD-MON-RR HH.MI.SSXFF AM          DD/MM/RR HH24:MI:SSXFF
NLS_TIMESTAMP_TZ_FORMAT     DD-MON-RR HH.MI.SSXFF AM TZR          DD/MM/RR HH24:MI:SSXFF TZR
NLS_TIME_FORMAT     HH.MI.SSXFF AM          HH24:MI:SSXFF
NLS_TIME_TZ_FORMAT     HH.MI.SSXFF AM TZR          HH24:MI:SSXFF TZR

On my PC with these parameters we have no problem:
NLS_CALENDAR     GREGORIAN          GREGORIAN
NLS_CHARACTERSET     WE8MSWIN1252
NLS_COMP     BINARY          BINARY
NLS_CURRENCY     $          F
NLS_DATE_FORMAT     DD-MON-RR          MM/DD/YYYY HH24:MI:SS
NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE     AMERICAN          FRENCH
NLS_DUAL_CURRENCY     $          €
NLS_ISO_CURRENCY     AMERICA          FRANCE
NLS_LANGUAGE     AMERICAN     AMERICAN     FRENCH
NLS_LENGTH_SEMANTICS     BYTE     BYTE     BYTE
NLS_NCHAR_CHARACTERSET     AL16UTF16
NLS_NCHAR_CONV_EXCP     FALSE     FALSE     FALSE
NLS_NUMERIC_CHARACTERS     .,          ,.
NLS_RDBMS_VERSION     9.2.0.1.0
NLS_SORT     BINARY          FRENCH
NLS_TERRITORY     AMERICA     AMERICA     FRANCE
NLS_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT     DD-MON-RR HH.MI.SSXFF AM          DD/MM/RR HH24:MI:SSXFF
NLS_TIMESTAMP_TZ_FORMAT     DD-MON-RR HH.MI.SSXFF AM TZR          DD/MM/RR HH24:MI:SSXFF TZR
NLS_TIME_FORMAT     HH.MI.SSXFF AM          HH24:MI:SSXFF
NLS_TIME_TZ_FORMAT     HH.MI.SSXFF AM TZR          HH24:MI:SSXFF TZR
So, what is the solution ?

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