IS EURid still in contractual negotiations with the European Commission?

EURid, the registry chosen by the European Commission to manage the .eu TLD, expected to conclude its contractual negotiations with the Commission to be able to launch the registration process. Its last release (Aug. 5), read: "Signing of the contract should take place at the end of August or beginning of September and as soon as there is any definite news". Obviously, it's not done yet, and we'll still have to wait...