Lift control valve with an arrangement for providing a variable throttle cross-section for a fluid flow, particularly for a liquid flow, the arrangement comprising a throttle arrangement with a throttle cross-section which can be varied by a motion of a throttle body, an actuation arrangement with an actuation element which is movable inside a casing, being coupled to the throttle body of the throttle arrangement in order to vary the throttle cross-section depending on its relative position inside the casing, wherein the arrangement is formed such that the actuation element is permanently acted upon by a first spring force or can be acted upon by a first spring force which acts upon the actuation element in a first direction of its mobility and positions the actuation element in a base position in the casing in the absence of at least equal forces acting upon the actuation element in a second direction which is opposed to the first direction, that as a result of a pressure of a fluid in a first fluid chamber of the arrangement, which is fluid-connected or fluid-connectable to a first side of the throttle cross-section, the actuation element can be acted upon with a second force acting in the second direction, that as a result of a pressure of a fluid in a second fluid chamber of the arrangement, which is fluid-connected or fluid-connectable to the second side of the throttle cross-section, the actuation element can be acted upon with a third force acting in the second direction, that as a result of a pressure of a fluid in a third fluid chamber of the arrangement, the actuation element can be acted upon with a fourth force acting in the first direction, such that the actuation element, in case no further forces act upon the actuation element in the first or the second direction and the sum of the second, the third and the fourth force is a resulting force which acts in the second direction and which is higher than the first spring force acting upon the actuation element in the base position in the first direction, is moved away from the base position until a balance of forces between first spring force acting upon the actuation element in its corresponding relative position and the resulting force is reached or a maximum motion position is reached, and wherein the arrangement further comprises a switching arrangement by means of which optionally either the first fluid chamber and the third fluid chamber or the second fluid chamber and the third fluid chamber are fluid-connectable, wherein the lift control valve has a first connecting port for an inlet line for hydraulic liquid coming from a hydraulic pump, a second connecting port for conducting hydraulic liquid back into a tank and a third connecting port for a hydraulic line leading to a hydraulic actuator of a lift installation as well as a control arrangement (14, 15) adapted such that the first fluid chamber of the arrangement and the first side of the throttle cross-section are fluid-connectable optionally with the first connecting port or with the second connecting port, and wherein the second fluid chamber of the arrangement and the second side of the throttle cross-section are connected or are connectable with the third connecting port.