Having considered the draft amendments proposed in documents MEPC 68/7 and MEPC 68/7/1, the Committee approved them in principle. With regard to the proposed amendments to regulation 10.3.4 of MARPOL Annex V concerning accidental discharge or loss, as shown in annex 2 to document MEPC 68/7/1, the Committee agreed that the text "details of the items discharged or lost" and "and the reasonable precautions taken to prevent or minimize such discharge or accidental loss" should be retained and that consequential changes should be made to paragraph 4.1.4.5 of the Form of Garbage Record book as well as to relevant column in the proposed revised Record of Garbage Discharges, as shown in annex 1 to document MEPC 68/7, for consistency.