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.
>
>
>
>
>
> 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.
>
>
>
> 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:
>
>
>
> 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
