Manage applications in a portable data carrier

A method of managing applications (20x) in a portable multi-application data carrier (10), wherein in the data carrier (10) management data (24) relating to the applications (20x) are centrally stored, includes the step of, in the to record management data (24) from which other applications (20B) is dependent upon the operation of a first application (20A). A multi-application data carrier (10) and a computer program product have corresponding features. The invention provides an improved technique for application management on the multi-application data carrier (10).