Holiday subsidies may be granted by the bodies mentioned in article L. 411-18, within the limits of their competence, to all persons covered by these bodies, their spouses, their cohabitees or their partners linked to them by a civil solidarity pact, as well as their dependants as defined in articles 6 and 196 of the General Tax Code, whether or not they are employed or self-employed, particularly those with the lowest incomes, in accordance with the terms and conditions of allocation set by the said bodies.