a profiled strip system , in particular for closing off edges and / or for concealing joints , for a surface covering , having a lower base profile and an upper cover profile , wherein a latching connection is provided between the base profile and the cover profile to connect them , wherein the latching connection has a latching receptacle , which has two leg profiles with mutually opposite latching regions , and a latching profile which can be latched into the latching receptacle and which is provided with multiple latching points , and wherein each latching region has at least two latching points . the latching regions are provided only in certain regions on the leg profiles and portions of the leg profiles that are free of latching regions are situated at far from one another such that the latching region - free sections of the leg profiles further from one another than the latching regions .