Each year, the Plenary Session of the General Council of the Judiciary shall elect the members that comprise the Permanent Committee. The Permanent Committee shall be comprised of the President of the Supreme Court and the General Council of the Judiciary, who shall chair the Committee, and seven other members: four drawn from those nominated on the basis of judicial rotation, and three drawn from those nominated on the basis of the rotation of jurists of recognised competence. With the exception of the members of the Disciplinary Committee, the remainder of the members shall be rotated onto the Permanent Committee on an annual basis.

In accordance with the Regulation on Organisation and Operation, the General Council of the Judiciary shall determine the cases and the manner in which, for reasons of temporary impossibility or justified absence from the sessions of the Permanent Committee, its members may be replaced by others in order to guarantee its correct composition and operation.

The Permanent Committee may exercise all those powers assigned to the General Council of the Judiciary that have not been expressly reserved for the Presidency, the Plenary Session, the Disciplinary Committee, the Equality Committee or the Economic Affairs Committee under the terms of this Organic Law.

Notwithstanding the above, the Regulation on the Organisation and Operation of the General Council of the Judiciary may assign competences to the heads of services under circumstances that, without being exclusively reserved for the Plenary Session, do not involve the exercising of discretionary powers. In such cases, appeals for consideration by a higher authority may be brought before the Permanent Committee against rulings made by the aforementioned heads of services.

In all cases, the Permanent Committee shall prepare the Plenary Sessions and ensure the correct implementation of its agreements (Articles 601 and 602 of the Organic Act on the Judiciary).

Composition:

• Mr. Vicente Guilarte Gutiérrez
• Ms. Carmen Llombart Pérez
• Mr. José Antonio Ballestero Pascual
• Ms. Pilar Sepúlveda García de la Torre
• Ms. Mar Cabrejas Guijarro
• Ms. Roser Bach Fabregó
• Ms. María Ángeles Carmona Vergara