According to Article 10 of the RA Law “On Official Statistics”,  

1. The highest governing body of the National Statistical System (except for the Central Bank of the Republic of Armenia), including the Statistical Committee, is the State Council.  
2. The Chairman of the Statistical Committee is simultaneously the Chairman of the State Council.  
3. The State Council, within the framework of the powers vested in it by law,  
   1) adopts normative and individual decisions on official statistics in cases provided for by law.  
   2) approves statistical programs.  
   3) exercises control over the implementation of statistical programs.  
   4) approves reports on the implementation of statistical programs.
   5) approves the principles of development, production and dissemination of official statistics.
   6) approves the rules of procedure of the Statistical Committee and the Public Council upon the presentation of the Chairman of the Statistical Committee.
   7) approves the regulations of the territorial and operational subdivisions of the Statistical Committee upon the presentation of the Chairman of the Statistical Committee.
   8) approves the procedure for data collection by the Statistical Committee (methods, coverage, periodicity).
   9) exercises other powers vested in it by law.
4. The State Council consists of seven members: a chairman and six members, appointed to office by the Government of the Republic of Armenia, upon nomination by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, for a term of six years.  
5. The positions of members of the State Council are considered autonomous positions.  
6. The same person may not be appointed to the position of member of the State Council more than twice in a row.  
7. Members of the State Council may not be members of any political party, hold any other public office, or perform any other paid work, except for scientific, educational, and creative work.  
8. Any citizen of the Republic of Armenia with higher education, fluent in Armenian, and at least five years of work experience (of which at least three years were spent coordinating departments or as a head of a department) in the following areas may be appointed a member of the State Council:
   1) macroeconomics and finance,
   2) միկրոէկոնոմիկա և տնտեսական գործունեության տեսակներ,
   3) microeconomics and types of economic activity,
   4) environmental protection,
   5) international statistical cooperation,
   6) information technology
9. Upon the recommendation of the Chairman of the State Council, the State Council shall elect from among its members two Deputy Chairmen of the Statistical Committee, who shall simultaneously be members of the State Council.
10. The powers of a member of the State Council shall be terminated early on the following grounds:
    1) based on a personal application,
    2) in case of inability to perform his/her duties due to incapacity for work for six consecutive months,
    3) In case of termination of citizenship of the Republic of Armenia or acquisition of citizenship of another state,
    4) in the event that the court's guilty verdict against him enters into legal force,
    5) in case of being declared legally incapable, having limited capacity or missing,
    6) in case of deprivation of the right to hold a certain position in accordance with the procedure prescribed by law,
    7) in case of death
11. In the event of early termination of the powers of a member of the State Council, an appointment to the position shall be made for the unexpired term of office of that member. If that term is less than one year, a new member of the State Council shall not be appointed for that term.
12. The State Council shall convene sessions of the Council of State at least once a month by the Chairman of the Council of State. An extraordinary session may also be convened at the request of at least four members of the Council of State. The sessions of the Council of State shall be recorded.
13. The session is quorate if at least five members of the State Council participate in the session.
14. The decision is considered adopted if more than half of the total number of members of the State Council voted in favor of it.
15. The election of the Deputy Chairmen of the Statistical Committee is carried out by secret ballot.
16. The decisions of the State Council and the minutes of its sessions are signed by the Chairman of the State Council.