A driving belt for use in a continuously variable transmission includes two V-shaped pulleys. The driving belt includes a carrier of two endless band packages lying side by side, on which transverse elements are disposed. Each transverse element includes two recesses positioned opposite each other for receiving the band packages, so that a part of the transverse element is positioned between the band packages. Each recess includes an inside surface facing towards the band package, wherein the portion of the inside surface that is formed by the aforesaid part of the transverse element includes an acute angle, near the underside of the band packages, with the plane in which the band packages lie.