Abstract: A contact clip for an insulated, multi-strand electric cable has first and second clip parts engaging one another. The first clip part has a receptacle for correctly positioning the cable and the second clip part has contact pins assigned to a strand of the cable, respectively. The contact pins pierce the cable insulation and electrically contact the strands of the cable. They are positioned transversely to a longitudinal cable direction adjacent to and at a spacing from one another. This spacing matches the strand spacing. The receptacle is wider than the cable in the transverse cable direction. A fitting member is inserted into the receptacle for determining a lateral position of the cable in the receptacle. A first contact pin, depending on the lateral position of the cable within the receptacle, either engages one of the strands of the cable or the fitting member.