an arrangement for opening and closing an opening in a covering surface of an interior trim piece in a vehicle by means of an adjustable cover element in the form of a flat element . the cover element is movably mounted on a frame element that is connected to the interior trim piece . a rotational or pivoting movement of two pivoted levers that are pivotably mounted in bearing cheeks of the frame element is converted into a translational movement of the cover element . the cover element is urged into a defined path by a shaft penetrating bearing blocks of the cover element and by two toothed wheels which are located at the free ends of the shaft and each of which meshes with a first rack located on the bearing cheek .