Yes, here’s the Guardian report - mentions 17th November though it says the EU has ‘yet to set a date’. I wonder if the Grauniad is the only one reporting on such EU issues…
Edit - also the article says - “It is, however, understood that EES would not be rigorously enforced for all travellers at first, with a soft introduction and discretion to wave people through to avoid border queues and disruption.” Not sure how that might work on the way back!
The actual thread to post would be
Or
but here it is here.