For that reason, if the issue were dealt with in a very rigid manner, as it was in draft guideline 3.5, the Commission was likely not only to give States ideas, something which would limit the importance and practical utility of declarations, but also to kill the goose that laid the golden eggs, for if interpretative declarations, even conditional one, were subject to the same legal regime as reservations, States might as well opt for the latter, as the Netherlands Government had pointed out.
Par conséquent, si l'on traite cette question de manière très rigide, ce que font les dispositions du projet de directive 3.5, on risque non seulement de donner des idées aux États, ce qui restreint l'importance et l'utilité pratique des déclarations, mais l'on risque de «tuer la poule aux œufs d'or» car si les déclarations interprétatives, même conditionnelles, ont le même régime juridique que les réserves, autant opter pour ces dernières, comme l'a fait observer le Gouvernement néerlandais.