Valve arrangement for supplying pressure medium to a hydraulic consumer, which valve arrangement has two work ports (A, B) for fluid connection to the consumer, with a first control valve, - which has a first supply, via which a first supply flow from the first work port to the consumer can be controlled, and with a first return control orifice, via which a first return flow from the consumer can be controlled via the second work port, simultaneously with the first supply; and - which has a second supply, via which a second supply flow from the second work port to the consumer can be controlled, and with a second return control orifice, via which a second return flow from the consumer can be controlled via the first work port, simultaneously with the second supply; and with a second control valve having a supply control orifice with which the respective supply (24, 34) of the first control valve can be controlled, wherein a third control valve in the form of a pressure compensator is connected in a connection between a pressure supply and the second control valve, wherein the third control valve, as a 2/2-way pressure compensator, in one of its positions controls a supply between the pressure supply and the second control valve with its supply control orifice and blocks this supply in another position, and wherein a control pressure, which is taken from a connecting line between the second and the third control valve, is applied towards its blocking position, characterised in that at least one load-sensing pressure, which is taken from a connecting line between the first and the second control valve, acts on its opposing control sides directed towards its supply control orifice; and in that the second control valve in its unactuated position prevents a possible return flow, originating from the first and the second supply of the first control valve, through a check valve integrated in the second control valve, which check valve in its closed position prevents the return flow from the outlet of the second control valve towards its fluid inlet. - which has a first supply, via which a first supply flow from the first work port to the consumer can be controlled, and with a first return control orifice, via which a first return flow from the consumer can be controlled via the second work port, simultaneously with the first supply; and - which has a second supply, via which a second supply flow from the second work port to the consumer can be controlled, and with a second return control orifice, via which a second return flow from the consumer can be controlled via the first work port, simultaneously with the second supply; and with a second control valve having a supply control orifice with which the respective supply (24, 34) of the first control valve can be controlled, wherein a third control valve in the form of a pressure compensator is connected in a connection between a pressure supply and the second control valve, wherein the third control valve, as a 2/2-way pressure compensator, in one of its positions controls a supply between the pressure supply and the second control valve with its supply control orifice and blocks this supply in another position, and wherein a control pressure, which is taken from a connecting line between the second and the third control valve, is applied towards its blocking position, characterised in that at least one load-sensing pressure, which is taken from a connecting line between the first and the second control valve, acts on its opposing control sides directed towards its supply control orifice; and in that the second control valve in its unactuated position prevents a possible return flow, originating from the first and the second supply of the first control valve, through a check valve integrated in the second control valve, which check valve in its closed position prevents the return flow from the outlet of the second control valve towards its fluid inlet.