onsdag 10. september 2008

E-mail from EFTA.




Google Mail - RE: Spørsmål om rettigheter innenfor EØS-området/Fwd: The European Economic Area.










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Erik Ribsskog
<eribsskog@gmail.com>



RE: Spørsmål om rettigheter innenfor EØS-området/Fwd: The European Economic Area.









SIGURDARDOTTIR Linda Bjork
<LindaBjork.SIGURDARDOTTIR@efta.int>



Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 2:36 PM




To:
eribsskog@gmail.com










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





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