Sent: 16 October 2008 03:55
To: SIGURDARDOTTIR Linda Bjork
Subject: Re: Spørsmål om rettigheter innenfor EØS-området/Fwd: The European Economic Area.
Hi,
thank you very much for your e-mail!
I’ve contacted Solvit now, regarding the problems I’ve been having with the British Police, the IPCC, and the Ministry of Justice, etc., that they aren’t answering my e-mails, and they aren’t returning my phone- calls.
The Merseyside Police didn’t call me back, even if I went to the Norwegian Consulate, here in Liverpool, and got them to call the Police, after I’d tried to call myself a lot of times, but the Police just didn’t call back.
It’s the same with the IPCC, they don’t call back, and they don’t answer e-mails.
The Home Office, tells me, that then I have to take the IPCC to Court.
But, I’ve been trying to get a work-case against Bertelsmann Arvatos Microsoft Scandinavian Product Activation, to the Court, in Britain, for almost two years now, but even the law-firms, don’t want to do their job, it seems. (Within the legal aid programme).
But Solvit says that this is my fault, that I’m experiencing problems with the communication with the autorothies.
When it’s the Police and the IPCC, who aren’t returning my phone-calls and e-mails.
I think I have the same right, to get my correspondence answered, like an EU-citizen.
How can I get my rights, if I don’t even get to speak with the case-worker?
So I’m trying to send back a copy of the correspondence with Solvit Norway.
Maybe you understand more about how to explain the problems to Solvit, than I do.
Hope this is alright, and thanks again for the first e-mail!
Yours sincerely,
Erik Ribsskog
On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 2:36 PM, SIGURDARDOTTIR Linda Bjork <LindaBjork.SIGURDARDOTTIR@efta.int> wrote:
> Dear Mr. Ribsskog,
>
>
>
> The EFTA Secretariat has received your request concerning the rights
> of Norwegian citizens living and working in the UK.
>
>
>
> For your information, the task of EFTA Secretariat in Brussels is
> mainly to provide support to the EEA EFTA States for the management of
> the EEA Agreement and assists them in the preparation of the
> incorporation of new legislation into the EEA Agreement.
>
>
>
> Norway is a Party to the EEA agreement and therefore the same rules
> apply to Norwegian citizens as to EU country citizens when it concerns
> the Internal Market, i.e. freedom of movement of goods, persons,
> services and capital. As a Norwegian citizen living and working in UK
> you should enjoy the same rights as UK citizens when you are making
> use of these freedoms (Art. 4 of the EEA Agreement).
>
>
>
> You could try to contact SOLVIT which is an on-line problem solving
> network. They try to solve problems caused by the misapplication of
> the Internal Market law by public authorities. As you are a Norwegian
> citizen, you should contact the Norwegian SOLVIT Centre (tel.: +47 222
> 404 11; email: solvit-norway@nhd.dep.no website:
> http://ec.europa.eu/solvit/ )
>
>
>
> We are sorry to inform you that the EFTA Secretariat can unfortunately
> not help you any further in this matter.
>
>
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>
>
> With best regards,
>
>
> Linda Bjork Sigurdardottir
> EFTA – European Free Trade Association
>
> E-mail: lbs@efta.int | Web: www.efta.int
> Rue Joseph II 12-16 | B-1000 Brussels | Belgium
>
>
>
> ———- Forwarded message ———-
> From: Euro-Ombudsman <EO@ombudsman.europa.eu>
> Date: Jul 7, 2008 1:48 PM
> Subject: RE: The European Economic Area.
> To: Erik Ribsskog <eribsskog@gmail.com>
>
>
>
> Dear Mr Ribsskog,
>
>
>
> Thank you for your e-mail of 30 June 2008, in which you ask if you, as
> a Norwegian citizen living in Britain, have the right to get help from
> the police and the British government.
>
>
>
> In replying to your e-mail, first, I would like to give a short
> presentation of the work of the European Ombudsman.
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>
>
> The European Ombudsman investigates complaints about maladministration
> by the institutions and bodies of the European Union. This means that
> you can complain to the Ombudsman if you consider that, for instance,
> the European Commission, the European Parliament or the Council of the
> European Union has done something wrong.
>
>
>
> It is thus not part of the Ombudsman’s function to provide you with
> the kind of information that you are asking for.
>
>
>
> However, you could consider turning to EuropeDirect, which provides
> practical information in the official EU language of your choice about
> the European Union and its policies or a reference to further sources
> of information. You can reach the service by calling the following
> toll-free number from anywhere in the EU during opening hours
> (9h00-18h30 CET on
> weekdays):
>
>
>
> 00 800 6 7 8 9 10 11
>
>
>
> Or call the standard number + 32-2-299.96.96 from anywhere in the
> world (normal charges apply).
>
>
>
> You can also contact the service by sending an e-mail:
>
>
>
> http://europedirect-cc.cec.eu.int/websubmit/?lang=en
>
>
>
> For more information on Europe Direct, you can consult the following
> website:
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> http://ec.europa.eu/europedirect/index_en.htm
>
>
>
> Yours sincerely,
>
>
>
> Angela Lindberg
>
> Office of the European Ombudsman
>
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Erik Ribsskog [mailto:eribsskog@gmail.com]
> Sent: 30 June 2008 21:58
> To: Euro-Ombudsman
> Subject: The European Economic Area.
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I’m a Norwegian citizen living in Britain.
>
> Here, there have been many problems, at work, and regarding a
> complaint against the Police etc., that I haven’t got any help with.
> (I’ve also contacted the Norwegian Government, regarding these problems, but
> they don’t answer my
> e-mails, and the Sivilombudsmannen, is part of a cover-up, from the
> Government, it seems, even
> if I wont explain this in detail now, but I can explain more detailed if
> it’s needed).
>
> I was wondering, since Norway, are part of the European Economical
> Area. So Norwegian citizens, are allowed, to live and work, in
> Britain, like if they were EU-Citizens, as I’ve understood it.
> But, I was wondering if this means, that one, as a Norwegian citizen in
> Britain, also has the right,
> to get help/advice from the Police, and other Goverment in Britain, like if
> one was an EU-citizen?
>
> I think, that if one have the right to work and live in an EU-country,
> like the ‘EFTA/EØS-agreement’ says, then only has the right help from
> the Government, it that EU-country (the Police etc), like
> if one were an EU-citizen, right?
>
> I just wanted to try to get this clear, since I’m having some
> problems, both with the Norwegian and the British Goverment now, so I
> just wanted to know, if some this could be something to do, with
> that one aren’t that well protected by rights, if one are a Norwegian
> citizen living in the EU?
> Hope that you have the chance to answer about this, and thanks in advance
> for the reply!
>
> Yours sincerely,
> Erik Ribsskog
