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| <font size=-3>2 - Explicitly referred to as "civil unions" in [[Civil unions in Quebec|Quebec]] and<br>[[Civil unions in Nova Scotia|Nova Scotia]], [[common-law marriage]] extended to same-sex<br>partners nationwide.</font>
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Revision as of 20:16, 25 April 2005

Civil union
Recognised nationwide in:
Denmark (1989)
Norway (1993)
Sweden (1995)
Greenland (1996)
Hungary (1996)
Iceland (1996)
Netherlands1 (1998)
France (1999)
South Africa (1999)
Belgium1 (2000)
Canada (federal)2 (2000)
Germany (2001)
Portugal (2001)
Finland (2002)
Liechtenstein (2002)
Austria (2003)
Croatia (2003)
Israel (2004)
Switzerland (federal) (2004)
Luxembourg (2004)
New Zealand (2005)
United Kingdom (2005)
Andorra (2005)
Recognised in some regions in:
Argentina (Buenos Aires, Rio Negro) (2003)
Australia (Tasmania) (2004)
Spain (Catalonia and 10 other regions) (1998)
Italy (Toscania, Umbria, Emilia Romagna) (2004)
Brazil (Rio Grande de Sul) (2004)
United States: CA (1999), CT (2005), DC (2002),

HI (1997), ME (2004), MD (2005), NJ (2004), VT (2000)

Other countries:
Czech Republic
Greece
Ireland
Poland
Slovenia
Taiwan
Notes:
1 - Country subsequently legalized same-sex marriage.
2 - Explicitly referred to as "civil unions" in Quebec and
Nova Scotia, common-law marriage extended to same-sex
partners nationwide.
See also
Same-sex marriage
Domestic partnership
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