The present document defines functions and syntax of a set of administrative commands for a telecommunication IC Card. The commands defined in the present document are compliant to the commands defined in the ISO/IEC 7816 series where corresponding commands in ISO/IEC are available. The commands described in the present document are using parts of the functionality of the commands described in the ISO/IEC 7816-3 series. An IC Card supporting the command set based on the present document shall support the command as defined in the present document. However@ it is up to the IC Card to provide more functionality than described in the present document. The present document does not cover the internal implementation within the ICC and/or the external equipment.