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
