Abstract: A prefabricated control element for high voltage apparatus, which can be slipped onto a bare or an insulated conductor, especially for fittings for high voltage cables, in the form of an electrical insulator, in which conductive layers which follow each other in the axial direction of the conductor are embedded, engaging each other, having the form of funnels and likewise consisting of elastic conductive material and having a wall thickness of 0.005 to 0.5 mm.In the manufacture of the control element, individual parts of the insulator are joined together with a material bond by means of the conductive layers which are made of a dispersion of carbon black enriched polymer.