76. In addition to the other powers which it has under this act, the Community may:(a) have a seal which it may alter at will;
(b) appear before the courts;
(c) bind itself and bind others towards it by observing, where necessary, the formalities prescribed by this act;
(d) acquire by agreement, lease or use gratuitously or for a consideration, financial or otherwise, any movable or immovable property or any servitude;
(e) sell, exchange, encumber, lease or alienate any movable or immovable property by observing, where necessary, the formalities prescribed by this Act, and, in particular, lease its central data processing system to third persons or perform, with that system, work for third persons on such conditions as it deems appropriate;
(f) construct, own, maintain, improve and use, on its property or on that of which it has the enjoyment, any work calculated to further the exercise of its powers, and contribute to or assist in any manner in the construction, improvement or maintenance of such work;
(g) establish and maintain or assist in the establishment and maintenance of relief or retirement funds or pension plans for its officers and employees, or for their relatives and dependent persons, and pay premiums for them, subject to the Supplemental Pension Plans Act (chapter R-15.1) as regards retirement funds and pension plans, and with the approval of the Inspector General of Financial Institutions on the recommendation of the Superintendent of Insurance, as regards relief funds;
(h) make by-laws for its internal management and the conduct of its affairs;
(i) carry out such studies as it deems necessary for the exercise of its competence whether such studies deal with its territory or with any other territory.