Template:Civil union

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Civil union
Recognised nationwide in:
Canada (federal)1 (2000)
Denmark (1989)
Greenland (1996)
France (1999)
Germany (2001)
Finland (2002)
Iceland (1996)
Netherlands (1998)
New Zealand2 (2005)
Norway (1993)
Portugal (2001)
Sweden (1995)
Lichtenstein (2002)
Croatia (2003)
Hungary (1996)
Austria (2003)
Israel (2004)
Switzerland (federal) (2004)
Luxembourg (2004)
United Kingdom (2005)
Recognised in some regions in:
Argentina (Buenos Aires, Rio Negro) (2003)
Australia (Tasmania) (2004)
Italy (Toscania, Umbria,Emilia Romagna) (since 2004)
Bazil (Rio Grande de Sul) (2004)
United States: VT (2000), NJ (2004), CA (1999), ME (2004), DC (2002), HI (1997)
Other countries:
Ireland
Poland
Greece
Hungary
Slovenia
Czech Republic
Notes:
1 - Explicitly referred to as "civil
unions" in Quebec and Nova Scotia,
common-law marriage extended to
same-sex partners nationwide.
2 - Law passed December 9, 2004
Does not come into effect until April 26, 2005
See also
Same-sex marriage
Domestic partnership
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