Abstract: A connecting arrangement connects a cylindrical pipe (10) or a pipe section to a connecting body (20). The connecting body (20) has a first conical bore (23), extending away from a face (24), a first cylindrical bore (21) for receiving the pipe (10), which bore is contiguous to the conical bore (23), and a second cylindrical bore (22) that is contiguous to the first cylindrical bore (21) and the diameter of which is reduced. A union nut (30) has a bore (31) for the pipe (10) or the pipe section. The union bore has a threaded section (38) by means of which the union nut (30) can be screwed onto a mating threaded section (28) of the connecting body (20), and a conical bore (33) that tapers in a direction opposite to that of the conical bore (23) of the connecting body (20). A cutting ring (40) has a first tapered section (42). The tapered section (42) sits in the conical bore (33) of the union nut (30).