BETH LOWSON
Counsel
(212) 314-3939
[EQUITABLE LOGO] Fax: (212) 707-7927
LAW DEPARTMENT
May 5, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: The Equitable Life Assuarance Society of the United States
Separate Account FP
Form S-6 Registration Statement
File No. 333-17663
CIK No. 0000771726
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
RULE 497(j) OF THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This certification applies to the following documents:
The Incentive Life Prospectus (core version--wholesale channel) dated
May 1, 2000, consisting of 123 pages;
The Incentive Life Prospectus (Merrill Lynch/First Union version--
wholesale channel) dated May 1, 2000, consisting of 135 pages;
Supplement (in-force; retail channel) dated May 1, 2000, relating to
Incentive Life Plus Prospectuses, consisting of 113 pages;
Supplement (in-force; retail channel) dated May 1, 2000, relating to
Incentive Life Prospectuses, consisting of 113 pages;
Supplement (in-force; wholesale channel) dated May 1, 2000, relating to
Incentive Life and Incentive Life Plus Prospectuses, consisting of
85 pages;
Supplement (wholesale channel) dated May 1, 2000, to Incentive Life Plus
Prospectus dated October 18, 1999, consisting of 85 pages;
Supplement (Incentive Life COLI--retail channel) dated May 1, 2000,
consisting of 2 pages;
Supplement (Accounting Benefit Rider) dated May 1, 2000, consisting of
1 page;
Supplement (for use in New York; wholesale channel) dated May 1, 2000,
to the Incentive Life Prospectus (retail channel) dated May 1, 2000,
consisting of 2 pages; and
Supplement (Incentive Life COLI--wholesale channel) dated May 1, 2000,
consisting of 2 pages.
Pursuant to paragraph (j) of Rule 497 under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, Registrant hereby certifies that:
(1) The forms of prospectuses and supplements that would have been filed
under paragraph (b) of Rule 497 would not have differed from that contained in
the most recent amendment to the registration statement filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission; and
(2) The text of the most recent amendment has been filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission electronically.
Very truly yours,
By: /s/ Beth Lowson
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Beth Lowson
THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES
1290 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10104
