Assembly with a filter element

An arrangement comprising an intake manifold (1) with an air inlet for an air conditioning system and a filter element (2) with a bellows fold (3) that has fold valleys (4) and fold ridges (5), wherein the filter element (2) comprises a water-repellent filter medium and wherein the filter element (2) at least partially covers the air inlet, is, with regard to the object of discharging snow and water, in particular meltwater, in such a way that they flow into the air conditioning system of a motor vehicle as little as possible and damage a filter element as little as possible, characterized in that the bellows fold (3) is arranged inclined at an angle of 5° - 90°, preferably at an angle of 15° - 85°, relative to the horizontal, wherein the filter element (2) has means (6) for water drainage from the fold valleys (4).