Volume flow regulating valve, comprising: a cylinder with a dumbbell-shaped double piston, which is guided in the cavity of the cylinder and which comprises a first piston and a second piston, the pistons being fixedly connected together by way of a narrowed centre member, wherein a central pressure chamber of the volume flow regulating valve is formed in the region of the narrowed centre member; a first peripheral pressure chamber and a second peripheral pressure chamber in the cylinder of the volume flow regulating valve, the chambers being bounded by the end faces, which are remote from the centre member, of the first and second pistons; and a feed channel and a first drain channel in the cylinder respectively for feeding a fluid medium to and draining a fluid medium from the central chamber; wherein in addition to the first drain channel a second drain channel for draining the fluid medium from the central pressure chamber is provided and wherein the first and second drain channels (170-1, 170-2) are arranged at the cylinder at such an axial spacing 2d that when the double piston is disposed in a centre setting with respect to the two drain channels the first drain channel - preferably with partial covering by the first piston - and the second drain channel - preferably with partial covering by the second piston - respectively free the same opening cross-sectional area; characterised in that a first pressure channel is provided for supplying the static pressure in the first drain channel to the second peripheral pressure chamber; a second pressure channel is provided for supplying the static pressure in the second drain channel to the first peripheral pressure chamber; a first plunger is mounted in the first peripheral pressure chamber to be axially displaceable for action on the end face, which bounds the first peripheral pressure chamber, of the first piston of the double piston, wherein the first plunger can be loaded by the total pressure in the first drain channel; and a second plunger is mounted in the second peripheral pressure chamber to be axially displaceable for action on the end face, which bounds the second peripheral pressure chamber, of the second piston of the double piston, wherein the second plunger can be loaded by the total pressure in the second drain channel. a cylinder with a dumbbell-shaped double piston, which is guided in the cavity of the cylinder and which comprises a first piston and a second piston, the pistons being fixedly connected together by way of a narrowed centre member, wherein a central pressure chamber of the volume flow regulating valve is formed in the region of the narrowed centre member; a first peripheral pressure chamber and a second peripheral pressure chamber in the cylinder of the volume flow regulating valve, the chambers being bounded by the end faces, which are remote from the centre member, of the first and second pistons; and a feed channel and a first drain channel in the cylinder respectively for feeding a fluid medium to and draining a fluid medium from the central chamber; wherein in addition to the first drain channel a second drain channel for draining the fluid medium from the central pressure chamber is provided and wherein the first and second drain channels (170-1, 170-2) are arranged at the cylinder at such an axial spacing 2d that when the double piston is disposed in a centre setting with respect to the two drain channels the first drain channel - preferably with partial covering by the first piston - and the second drain channel - preferably with partial covering by the second piston - respectively free the same opening cross-sectional area; characterised in that a first pressure channel is provided for supplying the static pressure in the first drain channel to the second peripheral pressure chamber; a second pressure channel is provided for supplying the static pressure in the second drain channel to the first peripheral pressure chamber; a first plunger is mounted in the first peripheral pressure chamber to be axially displaceable for action on the end face, which bounds the first peripheral pressure chamber, of the first piston of the double piston, wherein the first plunger can be loaded by the total pressure in the first drain channel; and a second plunger is mounted in the second peripheral pressure chamber to be axially displaceable for action on the end face, which bounds the second peripheral pressure chamber, of the second piston of the double piston, wherein the second plunger can be loaded by the total pressure in the second drain channel.