Couverture Bussard
Couverture, the French word for "cover", may refer to: * Couverture chocolate, a high-quality grade of chocolate * Couverture maladie universelle, a French public health programme * Coverture Coverture was a legal doctrine in English common law under which a married woman's legal existence was considered to be merged with that of her husband. Upon marriage, she had no independent legal existence of her own, in keeping with society's ...

Couverture Chocolate
Couverture chocolate () is a chocolate that contains a higher percentage of cocoa butter (32–39%) than baking or eating chocolate. This additional cocoa butter, combined with proper tempering, gives the chocolate more sheen, a firmer "snap" when broken, and a creamy mellow flavor. Definition and term The total "percentage" cited on many brands of chocolate is based on some combination of cocoa butter in relation to cocoa solids (cacao). In order to be properly labeled as "couverture", the dark chocolate product must contain not less than 35% total dry cocoa solids, including not less than 31% cocoa butter and not less than 2.5% of dry non-fat cocoa solids, milk chocolate couverture must contain not less than 25% dry cocoa solids. The term translates from French as "covering". It is legally regulated in the EU. Dark couverture chocolate almost always exceeds the minimum legally required cocoa content, and despite the law permitting 5% vegetable fat, its inclusion is very r ...
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Couverture Maladie Universelle
The French Universal Health Coverage ( French: ''Couverture maladie universelle'', abbreviated as "CMU") is the French social security program concerning health care, which was implemented in January 2000 (''loi no 99-641 du 27 juillet 1999''). It was drafted by Prime Minister Lionel Jospin's leftist government in 1999, on the initiative of Minister of Social Affairs and Employment Martine Aubry. In compliance with this program, medical expenses are reimbursed to all people who have been legally residing in France for over 3 months, whereas illegal aliens are entitled to State medical aid (''aide médicale d'État'', abbreviated as "AME"). An investigation completed in 2006 by non-governmental organization A non-governmental organization (NGO) is an independent, typically nonprofit organization that operates outside government control, though it may get a significant percentage of its funding from government or corporate sources. NGOs often focus ... Médecins du Monde sh ...
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