diff --git a/code/backend/RegulatoryManagementBackend/.mvn/jvm.config b/code/backend/RegulatoryManagementBackend/.mvn/jvm.config
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diff --git a/code/backend/RegulatoryManagementBackend/.mvn/maven.config b/code/backend/RegulatoryManagementBackend/.mvn/maven.config
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diff --git a/code/backend/RegulatoryManagementBackend/pom.xml b/code/backend/RegulatoryManagementBackend/pom.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>com.cpic.xim</groupId>
+  <artifactId>RegulatoryManagementBackend</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>war</packaging>
+
+  <name>RegulatoryManagementBackend Maven Webapp</name>
+  <!-- FIXME change it to the project's website -->
+  <url>http://www.example.com</url>
+
+  <properties>
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    <maven.compiler.source>8</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.target>8</maven.compiler.target>
+  </properties>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>4.13.1</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <finalName>RegulatoryManagementBackend</finalName>
+    <pluginManagement><!-- lock down plugins versions to avoid using Maven defaults (may be moved to parent pom) -->
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>3.4.0</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <!-- see http://maven.apache.org/ref/current/maven-core/default-bindings.html#Plugin_bindings_for_war_packaging -->
+        <plugin>
+          <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>3.3.1</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>3.13.0</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>3.3.0</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>3.4.0</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>3.1.2</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>3.1.2</version>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/code/backend/RegulatoryManagementBackend/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml b/code/backend/RegulatoryManagementBackend/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<web-app
+    version="4.0"
+    xmlns="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee"
+    xmlns:javaee="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee"
+    xmlns:xml="http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_4_0.xsd">
+  <display-name>Archetype Created Web Application</display-name>
+</web-app>
diff --git a/code/backend/RegulatoryManagementBackend/src/main/webapp/index.jsp b/code/backend/RegulatoryManagementBackend/src/main/webapp/index.jsp
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+<html>
+<body>
+<h2><%= "Hello World!" %></h2>
+</body>
+</html>
