| Civil union
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| Recognised nationwide in:
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| Denmark (1989)
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| Norway (1993)
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| Sweden (1995)
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| Greenland (1996)
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| Hungary (1996)
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| Iceland (1996)
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| Netherlands (1998)
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| France (1999)
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| South Africa (1999)
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| Belgium (2000)
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| Canada (federal)1 (2000)
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| Germany (2001)
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| Portugal (2001)
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| Finland (2002)
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| Liechtenstein (2002)
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| Austria (2003)
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| Croatia (2003)
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| Israel (2004)
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| Switzerland (federal) (2004)
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| Luxembourg (2004)
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| New Zealand2 (2005)
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| United Kingdom (2005)
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| Andorra (2005)
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| Recognised in some regions in:
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| Argentina (Buenos Aires, Rio Negro) (2003)
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| Australia (Tasmania) (2004)
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| Spain (Catalonia and 10 other regions) (1998)
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| Italy (Toscania, Umbria, Emilia Romagna) (2004)
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| Brazil (Rio Grande de Sul)(2004)
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United States: CA (1999), CT (2005), DC (2002),
HI (1997), ME (2004), NJ (2004), VT (2000),MD (2005)
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| Other countries:
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| Ireland
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| Poland
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| Greece
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| Slovenia
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| Czech Republic
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| Taiwan
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| United States (Connecticut)
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| Notes:
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1 - Explicitly referred to as "civil unions" in Quebec and Nova Scotia, common-law marriage extended to same-sex partners nationwide.
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2 - Law passed December 9, 2004. Does not come into
effect until April 26, 2005
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| See also
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| Same-sex marriage
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| Domestic partnership
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