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
