Yes Arthur, it's normally the case that the couple would be married or in a civil partnership when following the EEA route.
If the couple are neither married nor in a formal civil partnership, they are not legally excluded from approval of the EEA family permit, but it does become significantly more difficult to prove that they have a durable relationship with each other, especially when not actually living together.
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