European Commission buck passing begins

----- Original Message -----
From: SG-Code-de-bonne-conduite@cec.eu.int
To: neara@btconnect.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 3:43 PM
Subject: RE: Formal Complaint

Dear Mr Herron,

Thank you for your message. I have to inform you that SG/B/4 is not competent to deal with this complaint, as the provisions of the Code of Good Administrative Behaviour are not applicable in this case. When he sent the e-mail, Mr Jones was acting in a personal capacity and not in his capacity as an official of the European Commission.

Your message was, therefore, sent to the office in the Commission's Directorate-General for Personnel and Administration responsible for staff discipline.

Yours sincerely,

Agnes Andrews
Secretariat-General

-----Original Message-----
From: NEARA [mailto:neara@btconnect.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 11:09 AM
To: SG CODE-DE-BONNE-CONDUITE
Subject: Formal Complaint

Secretariat General of the European Commission ,
Unit SG/B/4rue de la Loi 200,
B- 1049
BRUXELLES
10th March 2005

Dear Sir / Madam,

I wish to make a formal complaint against a Commission employee. Before I initiate the complaint on your standard forms I would be grateful for confirmation of the correct address and department concerned.
From information received I believe that John Jones works for the Translation Service in Brussels and his superior is Gillian Colledge.
The reason for the complaint is the unsolicited offensive e-mail I received on Monday (copied below in red) which comes from John Jones.

----- Original Message -----
From: "John M. Jones" <john.jones@cec.eu.int>
To: <metricmartyrs@btconnect.com>
Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 5:55 PM

youre a bunch of fucking luddites. Metric has to win cos thats what we
learnt at school. Long live England. long live metric, with 5 metric units
names after Uk scientists and 2 Uk directors of the metre bureau. The
imperialists are dead in the water.
ps: what in hell are you actually defending? look at great countrieslike
australia and new zealand if you cant stand europe. you luddites in england
make me sick.

I trust you will treat this breach of the provisions of your employees Code of Conduct very seriously.

Yours faithfully,

Neil Herron
Campaign Director
Metric Martyrs Defence Fund
12 Frederick Street
Sunderland
SR1 1NA
Tel. 00 44 191 565 7143