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Article 38 Where special equipment is jointly owned, the co-owners may entrust a property service company or another manager to oversee such equipment. The entrusted party shall fulfill the obligations of the user of special equipment as stipulated in this law and assume corresponding responsibilities. If the co-owners have not appointed anyone, then the co-owners or the actual manager shall fulfill the management duties and assume corresponding responsibilities. Interpretation of the provision: This article stipulates the entities responsible for the management of special equipment with shared ownership rights, as well as their responsibilities and obligations. For special equipment owned by multiple property owners, such as residential elevators, it constitutes \"property shared by multiple owners\"; ownership involves numerous owners, and its use and management involve various parties including the owners, the property management committee, property management companies, and maintenance firms. These parties shift responsibility for the management of the elevators among themselves, resulting in an ineffective enforcement of safety management obligations. Therefore, it is necessary to identify the entity or individual responsible for the safety management of special equipment, so that they can fulfill their management obligations in accordance with relevant laws and regulations and assume corresponding responsibilities. I. The co-owners of special equipment are the parties responsible for its safety management. The General Principles of the Civil Law stipulate that: “If a building or other structure, as well as objects placed on or hanging from such structures, collapse, fall down, or cause damage to others, their owners or managers shall bear civil liability”; “Where two or more persons jointly commit an act that causes damage to others, they shall bear joint and several liability.” In accordance with the above provisions, co-owners of property rights shall fulfill management obligations regarding the equipment they possess and share the corresponding responsibilities. II. Co-owners may entrust property service companies or other managers to oversee the management of special equipment. All owners of a residential building are co-owners of the elevator; in practice, it is common for owners to assign the management of special equipment such as elevators to property companies or other managers through contracts, thereby transferring the rights and responsibilities related to their management. The entrusted entities and personnel must fulfill the obligations of those responsible for using the special equipment and assume corresponding responsibilities. III. If the co-owners have not appointed anyone, then the co-owners or the actual manager shall carry out the management duties and assume corresponding responsibilities. If the co-owners have not delegated management to anyone, it is the co-owners or the actual manager who must fulfill the management obligations and take on the relevant responsibilities. In reality, although special equipment such as residential elevators is not entrusted to be managed through contracts or similar arrangements, it is in fact managed by property management companies, village committees, neighborhood committees, or individuals. These actual managers shall fulfill their management obligations and assume corresponding responsibilities.