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Here, gesetzlich is not declined, because it is used as an adverb, not as an adjective.

Adjective

the legal allowed cases → den gesetzlichen zugelassenen Fällen

Here, the cases are allowed and legal. Therefore, both zugelassenen (allowed) and gesetzlichen (legal) are adjectives, which must be appropriately declined.

Adverb

the legally allowed cases → den gesetzlich zugelassenen Fällen

Here, however, the the cases are legally allowed. Therefore, gesetzlich (legally) is an adverb that modifies the adjective zugelassenen (allowed). German adverbs are not declined.

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