With the exceptions provided for in the Organic Law on the Judiciary or, where applicable, its implementing regulations, positions in the Council's technical bodies shall be filled on the basis of merit.

The General Council of the Judiciary shall incorporate a Body of Lawyers. Entry to same shall be gained by means of a selection process that guarantees the principles of merit and capacity. The Body of Lawyers of the General Council of the Judiciary shall comprise both permanent and temporary members. The number of positions - both permanent and temporary - within the Body of Lawyers shall be determined by means of a regulation issued at the Plenary Session of the Council.

The General Council of the Judiciary Lawyers shall operate within the various bodies of the Council in accordance with the provisions of the Organic Law and the Regulation on the Organisation and Operation of the General Council of the Judiciary.

Services may also be rendered to the technical bodies by other members of the legal profession, including the State Prosecutor's Office, the Body of Court Registrars, the Body of Procedural and Administrative Management, the Body of Procedural and Administrative Processing and the Judicial Support Unit serving the Judicial Administration, along with officials from the public administrations, in the numbers corresponding to the list of positions.

Officials who have been granted senior positions on merit shall be appointed by the Plenary Session of the General Council of the Judiciary for a term of two years, which may be extended by additional one-year terms up to a maximum of 10 years of service. Where applicable, said officials shall be considered as on secondment from their Administration of origin.

With regard to the provision of services for other posts within the Council's technical bodies, the officials that fill them shall be considered as on active duty in their bodies of origin. While they occupy a post within the Council, they shall be subject to the CGPJ's Employee Regulations.

For certain positions of a technical nature that require specific training different to that for the legal profession, the Regulation on the Organisation and Operation of the General Council of the Judiciary may stipulate that said positions are to be filled on the basis of merit by officials from those bodies established by said Regulation in each instance. In any case, senior positions within the technical bodies of the General Council of the Judiciary may only be filled by those who possess the qualifications required to become a member of one of the bodies listed in Subgroup A1 of the various Public Administrations.