Abstract: In order to provide a carburettor unit for an internal combustion engine, which can be used in particular for motor-driven small apparatus, including a throttle unit contained in a housing which has a throttle valve which executes a rotary movement for controlling the power of the internal combustion engine, wherein the rotary movement can be initiated by means of a control cable via a throttle valve shaft and wherein the control cable includes a control cable casing and a pull cord according to the design of a Bowden cable, which has a simple receptacle of a control cable and requires a small space for connection to the carburettor unit, it is proposed that to initiate the rotary movement in the throttle valve shaft there is provided a lever element which is disposed on the throttle valve shaft and which can be actuated by means of the pull cord and wherein a retaining device is further provided for receiving the control cable casing, which is also arranged on the throttle valve shaft.