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| style="background: #ccf;" | Recognised in some regions in:
 
| style="background: #ccf;" | Recognised in some regions in:

Revision as of 16:17, 25 June 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 (QC and NS)2 (2000)
Germany (2001)
Portugal (2001)
Finland (2002)
Liechtenstein (2002)
Croatia (2003)
Israel (2004)
Switzerland (federal) (2004)
Luxembourg (2004)
New Zealand (2005)
United Kingdom (2005)
Andorra (2005)
Switzerland
(Approved 2005; Expected implemented 2007)
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), NJ (2004), VT (2000)

Other countries:
Austria
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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