The composition of the council, the conditions for appointing its members and the date of its installation are set by decree in the Conseil d’Etat.
When a body is called upon to appoint more than one member to the council, it makes these appointments in such a way that the difference between the number of men appointed, on the one hand, and women appointed, on the other, is no greater than one. The same rule applies to the appointment of qualified persons.
Councillors to the Assembly of French Guyana may not be members of the Council.