Selected findings of a review performed on the existing safety case documentation of fusion facilities were presented at the “International Conference Nuclear Energy for New Europe” held in Portorož, Slovenia on 11 through 14 September 2023. Dr M. Uršič presented on 14 September 2023 at the “Nuclear fusion and plasma technologies” session a paper entitled “Licensing fusion facilities based on the ITER and DEMO paradigms” by A. Ikonomopoulos, M. Uršič, L. Cizelj, J. C. de la Rosa Blul, S. Andronopoulos, N. Terranova, G.-L. Fiorini, S. Rimkevičius, E. Urbonavičius, I. Karppinen.