Editing Civil union (section)

=== Europe ===
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* {{Country|Netherlands}} (1998; {{langx|nl|geregistreerd partnerschap}})<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/trouwen-samenlevingscontract-en-geregistreerd-partnerschap |title=Trouwen, samenlevingscontract en geregistreerd partnerschap - Onderwerp - Rijksoverheid.nl |date=23 March 2018 }}</ref>
* {{Country|Spain}}:
** {{Country|Catalonia}} (1998; {{langx|ca|parella estable}}, {{langx|es|pareja estable}}, {{langx|oc|coble estable}})<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www20.gencat.cat/docs/governacio/Funcio%20Publica/Documents/Normativa/Arxius/lle10-98.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120413182830/http://www20.gencat.cat/docs/governacio/Funcio%20Publica/Documents/Normativa/Arxius/lle10-98.pdf|url-status=dead|title=LLEI 10/1998, de 15 de juliol, d'unions estables de parella (DOGC núm. 2687, de 23.07.1998)|archive-date=April 13, 2012}}</ref>
** {{Country|Aragon}} (1999; {{langx|es|pareja estable}})<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://noticias.juridicas.com/base_datos/CCAA/ar-l6-1999.html|title=Ley 6/1999, de 26 de marzo, relativa a Parejas estables no casadas (Vigente hasta el 23 de Abril de 2011).|website=Noticias Jurídicas}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://noticias.juridicas.com/base_datos/CCAA/ar-dleg1-2011.l2t6.html|title=Decreto Legislativo 1/2011, de 22 de marzo, del Gobierno de Aragón, por el que se aprueba, con el título de "Código del Derecho Foral de Aragón", el Texto Refundido de las Leyes civiles aragonesas. TÍTULO VI. De las parejas estables no casadas|website=Noticias Jurídicas}}</ref>
** {{Country|Castile-La Mancha}} (2000; {{lang|es|pareja de hecho}})<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://noticias.juridicas.com/base_datos/CCAA/cm-d124-2000.html|title=Decreto 124/2000, de 11 de julio, por el que se regula la creación y el régimen de funcionamiento del Registro de parejas de hecho de la comunidad autónoma de Castilla-La Mancha|website=Noticias Jurídicas}}</ref>
** {{Country|Navarra}} (2000; {{langx|es|pareja estable}}, {{langx|eu|bikote egonkorra}})<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lexnavarra.navarra.es/detalle.asp?r=1278|title=Lexnavarra|website=www.lexnavarra.navarra.es}}</ref>
** {{Country|Valencia}} (2001; {{langx|es|unión de hecho}}, [[Valencian language|Valencian]]: ''unió de fet'')<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2012/11/07/pdfs/BOE-A-2012-13776.pdf|title=Ley 5/2012, de 15 de octubre, de Uniones de Hecho Formalizadas de la Comunitat Valenciana}}</ref>
** {{Country|Balearic Islands}} (2002; {{langx|ca|parella estable}}, {{langx|es|pareja estable}})<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://noticias.juridicas.com/base_datos/CCAA/ib-l18-2001.html|title=Ley 18/2001, de 19 de diciembre, de parejas estables.|website=Noticias Jurídicas}}</ref>
** {{Country|Andalusia}} (2002; {{lang|es|pareja de hecho}})<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2003/01/13/pdfs/A01358-01361.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816122757/http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2003/01/13/pdfs/A01358-01361.pdf|url-status=dead|title=LEY 5/2002, de 16 de diciembre, de Parejas de Hecho|archive-date=August 16, 2012}}</ref>
** {{Country|Asturias}} (2002; {{langx|es|pareja estable}}, {{langx|ast|pareya estable}})<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2002/07/02/pdfs/A23974-23975.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100424/http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2002/07/02/pdfs/A23974-23975.pdf|url-status=dead|title=LEY 4/2002, de 23 de mayo, de Parejas Estables|archive-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref>
** {{Country|Madrid}} (2002; {{lang|es|unión de hecho}})<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.madrid.org/wleg_pub/secure/normativas/contenidoNormativa.jsf?opcion=VerHtml&nmnorma=480&cdestado=P|title=Comunidad de Madrid - madrid.org|website=www.madrid.org|access-date=2020-10-01|archive-date=2020-12-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201207121549/http://www.madrid.org/wleg_pub/secure/normativas/contenidoNormativa.jsf?opcion=VerHtml&nmnorma=480&cdestado=P|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.madrid.org/wleg_pub/secure/normativas/contenidoNormativa.jsf?opcion=VerHtml&nmnorma=3095&cdestado=P|title=Comunidad de Madrid - madrid.org|website=www.madrid.org|access-date=2020-10-01|archive-date=2021-03-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308135836/http://www.madrid.org/wleg_pub/secure/normativas/contenidoNormativa.jsf?opcion=VerHtml&nmnorma=3095&cdestado=P|url-status=dead}}</ref>
** {{Country|Castile and León}} (2002; {{lang|es|unión de hecho}})<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jcyl.es/web/jcyl/binarios/509/669/Decreto%20117%202002.pdf?blobheader=application%2Fpdf%3Bcharset%3DUTF-8&blobheadername1=Cache-Control&blobheadername2=Expires&blobheadername3=Site&blobheadervalue1=no-store%2Cno-cache%2Cmust-revalidate&blobheadervalue2=0&blobheadervalue3=JCYL_Familia&blobnocache=true|title=DECRETO 117/2002, de 24 de octubre, por el que se crea el Registro de Uniones de Hecho en Castilla y León y se regula su funcionamiento}}</ref>
** {{Country|Extremadura}} (2003; {{lang|es|pareja de hecho}})<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://noticias.juridicas.com/base_datos/CCAA/ex-l5-2003.html|title=Ley 5/2003, de 20 de marzo, de Parejas de Hecho de la Comunidad Autónoma de Extremadura.|website=Noticias Jurídicas}}</ref>
** {{Country|Basque Country}} (2003; {{langx|eu|izatezko bikote}}, {{langx|es|pareja de hecho}})<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://noticias.juridicas.com/base_datos/CCAA/pv-l2-2003.html|title=Ley 2/2003, de 7 de mayo, reguladora de las parejas de hecho|website=Noticias Jurídicas}}</ref>
** {{Country|Cantabria}} (2005; {{langx|es|pareja de hecho}})<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lexureditorial.com/boe/0506/09402.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121118154119/http://www.lexureditorial.com/boe/0506/09402.htm|url-status=dead|title=Ley de la C.A. de Cantabria 1/2005, de 16 de mayo, de parejas de hecho de la Comunidad Autónoma de Cantabria|archive-date=November 18, 2012}}</ref>
** {{Country|Galicia}} (2008; {{langx|gl|parella de feito}}, {{langx|es|pareja de hecho}})<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://noticias.juridicas.com/base_datos/CCAA/ga-l10-2007.html|title=Ley 10/2007, de 28 de junio, de reforma de la disposición adicional tercera de la Ley 2/2006, de 14 de junio, de derecho civil de Galicia.|website=Noticias Jurídicas}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://noticias.juridicas.com/base_datos/CCAA/ga-d248-2007.t2.html|title=Decreto 248/2007, de 20 de diciembre, por el que se crea y se regula el Registro de Parejas de Hecho de Galicia. TÍTULO II. Organización y funcionamiento del Registro de Parejas de Hecho de Galicia.|website=Noticias Jurídicas}}</ref>
** {{flagicon|La Rioja (Spain)}} [[La Rioja]] (2010; {{lang|es|pareja de hecho}})<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ias1.larioja.org//cex/sistemas/GenericoServlet?servlet=cex.sistemas.dyn.portal.ImgServletSis&code=oumCvWIgBUF6lChv9ZDgP/hXhSM/FmcHwwLX+LzxTQvApHyqPVxRsoD+HW0E2YV6LEXZYSr1AOE3|title=Pagina Error|website=ias1.larioja.org|access-date=2019-02-19|archive-date=2020-06-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200628142511/https://ias1.larioja.org//cex/sistemas/GenericoServlet?servlet=cex.sistemas.dyn.portal.ImgServletSis&code=oumCvWIgBUF6lChv9ZDgP/hXhSM/FmcHwwLX+LzxTQvApHyqPVxRsoD+HW0E2YV6LEXZYSr1AOE3|url-status=dead}}</ref>
** {{Country|Murcia}} (2018; {{lang|es|pareja de hecho}})<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boe.es/diario_boe/txt.php?id=BOE-A-2018-10759|title=BOE.es - Documento BOE-A-2018-10759|website=www.boe.es|pages=76345–76350 }}</ref>
* {{Country|France}} (1999; {{Langx|fr|pacte civil de solidarité}})<ref name="France">{{cite web |url=http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichCode.do?idSectionTA=LEGISCTA000006136536&cidTexte=LEGITEXT000006070721 |title=Chapitre Ier : Du pacte civil de solidarité |work=[[Legifrance]] |language=fr |access-date=21 August 2019}}</ref>
* {{Country|Belgium}} (2000; {{langx|nl|wettelijke samenwoning}}, {{langx|fr|cohabitation légale|links=no}}, {{langx|de|gesetzliches Zusammenwohnen}})<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.uccle.be/fr/services-communaux/etat-civil/cohabitation-legale|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130616011702/http://www.uccle.be/fr/services-communaux/etat-civil/cohabitation-legale|archive-date=2013-06-16|url-status=dead|title=Cohabitation légale — Uccle Ukkel|access-date=2013-06-14}}</ref>
* {{Country|Portugal}} (2001; {{langx|pt|união de facto}})<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pgdlisboa.pt/leis/lei_mostra_articulado.php?nid=901&tabela=leis|title=Lei n.º 7/2001, de 11 de Maio. Protecção das uniões de facto}}</ref> opposite-sex since 1999.
* {{Country|Luxembourg}} (2004; {{langx|fr|partenariat|links=no}}, [[Luxembourgish language|Luxembourgish]] and {{langx|de|Partnerschaft|links=no}})<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guichet.public.lu/citoyens/fr/famille/vie-maritale/partenariat-pacs/declaration-partenariat/|title=Déclarer un partenariat (PACS) - Citoyens // Luxembourg}}</ref>
* {{Country|Andorra}} (2005; {{langx|ca|unió estable de parella}})<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.registrecivil.ad/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=105&Itemid=597 |title=Expedient previ al registre d'unions estables de parella |publisher=Registrecivil.ad |access-date=2014-04-05}}</ref>
* {{Country|United Kingdom}} (2005; ''civil partnership'', {{langx|cy|partneriaeth sifil}})<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/33/contents/data.htm|title=Civil Partnership Act 2004|website=www.legislation.gov.uk}}</ref>
** {{Country|Isle of Man}} (2011; ''civil partnership'')<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.im/cms/images/LEGISLATION/PRINCIPAL/2011/2011-0002/CivilPartnershipAct2011_1.pdf|title=CIVIL PARTNERSHIP ACT 2011|access-date=2013-06-14|archive-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304101027/http://www.legislation.gov.im/cms/images/LEGISLATION/PRINCIPAL/2011/2011-0002/CivilPartnershipAct2011_1.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
** {{Country|Jersey}} (2012; ''civil partnership'')<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.jerseylaw.je/Law/display.aspx?url=lawsinforce\htm\LawFiles12%2fL-04-2012.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906190642/http://www.jerseylaw.je/Law/display.aspx?url=lawsinforce%5Chtm%5CLawFiles%5C2012%2FL-04-2012.htm |url-status=dead|title=Civil Partnership (Jersey) Law 2012|archive-date=September 6, 2015}}</ref>
** {{Country|Gibraltar}} (2014; ''civil partnership'')<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gibraltarlaws.gov.gi/articles/2014-10o.pdf|title=CIVIL PARTNERSHIP ACT 2014|access-date=2014-04-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407091751/http://www.gibraltarlaws.gov.gi/articles/2014-10o.pdf|archive-date=2014-04-07|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* {{Country|Czechia}} (2006; {{langx|cs|registrované partnerství}})<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mvcr.cz/clanek/registrovane-partnerstvi.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116204551/http://www.mvcr.cz/clanek/registrovane-partnerstvi.aspx|url-status=dead|title=Uzavření registrovaného partnerství|archive-date=January 16, 2014}}</ref>
* {{Country|Hungary}} (2009; {{langx|hu|bejegyzett élettársi kapcsolat}})<ref>{{cite web|url=http://net.jogtar.hu/jr/gen/hjegy_doc.cgi?docid=A0900029.TV|title=2009. évi XXIX. törvény - a bejegyzett élettársi kapcsolatról, az ezzel összefüggő, valamint az élettársi viszony igazolásának megkönnyítéséhez szükséges egyes törvények módosításáról|first=Wolters Kluwer|last=Kft.}}</ref>
* {{Country|Austria}} (2010; {{langx|de|eingetragene Partnerschaft|links=no}})<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parlament.gv.at/PAKT/VHG/XXIV/I/I_00485/index.shtml|title=485 d.B. (XXIV. GP) - Eingetragene Partnerschaft-Gesetz - EPG}}</ref>
* {{Country|Liechtenstein}} (2011; {{langx|de|eingetragene Partnerschaft|links=no}})<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.llv.li/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113165205/http://www.llv.li/llv-apa-aufenthaltsbewilligung-lebenspartner-2|url-status=dead|title=LLV|archive-date=November 13, 2013|website=www.llv.li}}</ref>
* {{Country|Malta}} (2014; ''civil union'', {{langx|mt|unjoni ċivili}})<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://legislation.mt/eli/act/2014/9/eng/pdf|title=View Document|website=legislation.mt}}</ref>
* {{Country|Croatia}} (2014; {{langx|hr|životno partnerstvo}})<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jutarnji.hr/usvojen-zakon-o-zivotnom-partnerstvu--prva-istospolna-vjencanja-sredinom-kolovoza-/1206537/|title=POVIJESNA ODLUKA U SABORU Istospolni će parovi od rujna imatiista prava kao i bračni partneri|access-date=2014-07-15|archive-date=2016-03-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303220721/http://www.jutarnji.hr/usvojen-zakon-o-zivotnom-partnerstvu--prva-istospolna-vjencanja-sredinom-kolovoza-/1206537/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* {{Country|Cyprus}} (2015; {{langx|el|πολιτική συμβίωση}}, {{langx|tr|sivil birlikte yaşama}})
* {{Country|Greece}} (2015; {{langx|el|σύμφωνο συμβίωσης|links=no}})<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dsanet.gr/Epikairothta/Nomothesia/n3719_08.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151013032607/http://www.dsanet.gr/Epikairothta/Nomothesia/n3719_08.htm|url-status=dead|title=ΕΦΗΜΕΡΙΔΑ ΤΗΣ ΚΥΒΕΡΝΗΣΕΩΣ|archive-date=October 13, 2015|website=www.dsanet.gr}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/greece-to-legally-recognize-same-sex-couples-for-the-first-time/#gs.ZIoAi3s|title=Greece to legally recognize same-sex couples for the first time|date=23 December 2015|access-date=23 December 2015|archive-date=23 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223140505/http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/greece-to-legally-recognize-same-sex-couples-for-the-first-time/#gs.ZIoAi3s|url-status=dead}}</ref> opposite-sex since 2008.
* {{Country|Estonia}} (2016; {{langx|et|kooseluleping}})<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.err.ee/v/main_news/f238f529-5b94-4f66-b7be-ad5d21566cc5 |title=Parliament Passes Cohabitation Act; President Proclaims It |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151130003705/http://news.err.ee/v/main_news/f238f529-5b94-4f66-b7be-ad5d21566cc5 |archive-date=2015-11-30 }}</ref>
* {{Country|Italy}} (2016; {{langx|it|unione civile}})<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36269605|title=Italian MPs back same-sex unions in vote for Renzi|work=BBC News |date=11 May 2016 }}</ref>
* {{Country|San Marino}} (2018; {{langx|it|unione civile}})<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.consigliograndeegenerale.sm/on-line/home/scheda17160637.html|title=LEGGE 20 novembre 2018 n.147 - Regolamentazione delle unioni civili - Consiglio Grande e Generale|website=www.consigliograndeegenerale.sm}}</ref>
* {{Country|Monaco}} (2020; {{langx|fr|contrat de vie commune|links=no}}, {{langx|lij-MC|contràtto de vìtta comûne}})<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.conseil-national.mc/index.php/textes-et-lois/lois/item/644-n-1481-loi-du-17-decembre-2019-relative-aux-contrats-civils-de-solidarite |title=N° 1481 - Loi du 17 décembre 2019 relative aux contrats civils de solidarité |access-date=2020-03-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102220950/http://www.conseil-national.mc/index.php/textes-et-lois/lois/item/644-n-1481-loi-du-17-decembre-2019-relative-aux-contrats-civils-de-solidarite |archive-date=2020-01-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* {{Country|Montenegro}} (2021; {{langx|cnr|животно партнерство}}, {{lang|cnr-Latn|životno partnerstvo}})<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-montenegro-lgbt-lawmaking-trfn-idUSKBN24271A |title=Montenegro legalises same-sex civil partnerships |first=Rachel |last=Savage |work=[[Reuters]] |date=July 1, 2020 }}</ref>
* {{Country|Latvia}} (2024; {{langx|lv|partnerība}})<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baltictimes.com/court_recognizes_another_same-sex_couple_as_legitimate_family/ |title=Court recognizes another same-sex couple as legitimate family |work=Baltic Times |date=8 July 2022 }}</ref>
* {{Country|Lithuania}} (2025, through courts only; {{langx|lt|partnerystė}})<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2539322/absence-of-same-sex-partnerships-in-lithuania-unconstitutional-rules-court/ |title=Absence of same-sex partnerships in Lithuania 'unconstitutional', rules court |work=LRT |date=17 April 2025 }}</ref>
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