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European Union Agency for Fundamental RightsMemberStateSame-sex marriageconcluded in another EUMember StateRegistered partnershipconcluded in another EUMember StateRecognition of de factorelationships as ‘durable’<strong>and</strong> ‘duly attested’GreeceThe reference to ‘spouses’in PD 106/2007 (FEK A135, 21/6/07) whichtransposes into Greek lawDirective 2004/38/EC,probably would beinterpreted not to includesame-sex spouses, evenvalidly married in anotherEU Member State.There is currently no registeredpartnership in Greek law <strong>and</strong> adraft law put forward by thecurrent government for therecognition of registeredpartnerships (cohabitation pact)specifically excludes from itsscope same-sex couples. Theregistered partner of a citizen ofthe Union is therefore notgranted automatic rights of entry<strong>and</strong> residence.No information is availableconcerning the way Article3(2) of the Free MovementDirective will beimplemented in practice.76
<strong>Homophobia</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Discrimination</strong> on Grounds of Sexual Orientation in the EU Member StatesPart I – Legal AnalysisMemberStateSpainFranceSame-sex marriageconcluded in another EUMember StateRoyal Decree 240/2007 of16 February on Entrada,libre circulación yresidencia en España deciudadanos de los Estadosmiembros de la UniónEuropea y de otros Estadosparte en el Acuerdo sobreel Espacio EconómicoEuropeo [Entry, FreeMovement <strong>and</strong> Residencein Spain of Citizens ofEuropean Union MemberStates <strong>and</strong> Citizens of otherStates Party to theAgreement on theEuropean Economic Area]implements Directive2004/38/EC. Spouses ofcitizens of the Unionmoving to Spain shall beconsidered familymembers, <strong>and</strong> this includessame-sex spouses.There is no unanimity aboutthe question whether samesexmarriages validlyconcluded in anotherMember State should berecognised in France forthe determination of thequality of ‘spouses’,however the introduction ofthe ‘PACS’ (pacte civil desolidarité) would seem tolead to an affirmativeanswer, since affirming thatsame-sex marriage wouldbe contrary to Frenchpublic policy would seemdifficult to justify in thiscontext 118Registered partnershipconcluded in another EUMember StatePartners registered under thelaws of another State shall beconsidered family members forthe purposes of familyreunification, provided theregistered partnership isexclusive of both marriage <strong>and</strong>any other registered partnershipconcluded in another State.The French ‘PACS’ (pacte civilde solidarité) 119 does notproduce effects equivalent tomarriage, <strong>and</strong> France thereforeis not required to apply mutualrecognition of partnershipsRecognition of de factorelationships as ‘durable’<strong>and</strong> ‘duly attested’No information is availableconcerning the way Article3(2) of the Free MovementDirective will beimplemented in practice.Article 12bis, para. 17, ofthe Ordinance of 2November 1945 relative toconditions of entry <strong>and</strong>residence of foreignnationals in France,provides a temporary‘private <strong>and</strong> family life’residence visa shall beissued to the foreignnational whose personal<strong>and</strong> family ties are such thatrefusal to authoriseresidence woulddisproportionately infringeupon his/her right to respectof his/her private <strong>and</strong> familylife118See H. Fulchiron, ‘La séparation du couple en droit international privé’, Petites Affiches, 2001, n°62, p.5;H. Fulchiron, ‘Réflexions sur les unions hors mariage en droit international privé’, Journal de droitinternational, 2000, p.889.77
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