Adhesive piece for adhesive connection of material webs (4, 7), a) having an adhesive compound carrier which carries adhesive compound on two opposite sides, and b) having at least one release liner which i) originally covers, at least in regions, the adhesive compound carrier and also the adhesive compound present there, ii) protrudes at least in regions beyond the adhesive compound carrier, iii) is removable by a release liner removal apparatus which preferably comprises - at least one release liner removal device (25, 26) for removing the at least one release liner from the at least one adhesive piece arranged on a material web (4, 7), - at least one support body which supports the at least one release liner removal device (25, 26), and - at least one guide body (27, 28) which is arranged adjacent to the at least one release liner removal device (25, 26) at least during the removal of the at least one release liner, and which serves for guiding the material web (4, 7) iv) protrudes laterally in relation to the adhesive compound carrier in a transverse direction at least in regions, characterized in that c) the at least one release liner protrudes in relation to the adhesive compound carrier in a longitudinal direction at least in regions. a) having an adhesive compound carrier which carries adhesive compound on two opposite sides, and b) having at least one release liner which i) originally covers, at least in regions, the adhesive compound carrier and also the adhesive compound present there, ii) protrudes at least in regions beyond the adhesive compound carrier, iii) is removable by a release liner removal apparatus which preferably comprises - at least one release liner removal device (25, 26) for removing the at least one release liner from the at least one adhesive piece arranged on a material web (4, 7), - at least one support body which supports the at least one release liner removal device (25, 26), and - at least one guide body (27, 28) which is arranged adjacent to the at least one release liner removal device (25, 26) at least during the removal of the at least one release liner, and which serves for guiding the material web (4, 7) iv) protrudes laterally in relation to the adhesive compound carrier in a transverse direction at least in regions, i) originally covers, at least in regions, the adhesive compound carrier and also the adhesive compound present there, ii) protrudes at least in regions beyond the adhesive compound carrier, iii) is removable by a release liner removal apparatus which preferably comprises - at least one release liner removal device (25, 26) for removing the at least one release liner from the at least one adhesive piece arranged on a material web (4, 7), - at least one support body which supports the at least one release liner removal device (25, 26), and - at least one guide body (27, 28) which is arranged adjacent to the at least one release liner removal device (25, 26) at least during the removal of the at least one release liner, and which serves for guiding the material web (4, 7) - at least one release liner removal device (25, 26) for removing the at least one release liner from the at least one adhesive piece arranged on a material web (4, 7), - at least one support body which supports the at least one release liner removal device (25, 26), and - at least one guide body (27, 28) which is arranged adjacent to the at least one release liner removal device (25, 26) at least during the removal of the at least one release liner, and which serves for guiding the material web (4, 7) iv) protrudes laterally in relation to the adhesive compound carrier in a transverse direction at least in regions,