To carry out its tasks, the agency may in particular:
1° Acquire the necessary movable or immovable property;
2° Allocate, from its own budget and within the framework of agreements approved by its Board of Directors, grants, loans or advances to public or private entities carrying out studies, research, works or projects contributing to the fulfilment of its missions;
3° To co-operate, in particular by means of agreements or participation in public interest groupings, with any public or private, French or foreign person, and in particular with teaching, research and health establishments which have complementary missions to its own or which provide it with assistance.