The report "Missing Links" triggered the European Commission to set up a joint Commission-ERT Task Force on the subject. The resulting report: "Promoting and Financing Large-Scale Infrastructure Projects in Europe", in which typical financing models were developed, led the European Commission to create a new portfolio called "Financial Engineering" under Commissioner Matutes, who was already in charge of "Credit and Investment".

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The report "Missing Links" proposed three major infrastructure projects: EuroRoute – a Channel link between England and France; Scanlink – a plan to fill in the road and rail gaps between Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Northern Germany; and proposals for a transEuropean network of high-speed trains. All these projects were to take concrete shape in modified form over the next decade, after having won a formal endorsement at the European Council in 1994.

"Missing Links" also made recommendations for more investment of private capital in infrastructure development.