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 Assurance Society of the United States
Separate Account FP
Form S-6 Registration Statement
File No. 333-17641
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 Survivorship Incentive Life Prospectus (core version -- wholesale
channel) dated May 1, 2000, consisting of 122 pages;
The Survivorship Incentive Life Prospectus (Merrill Lynch/First Union
version -- wholesale channel) dated May 1, 2000, consisting of 123 pages;
Supplement (in-force; retail channel) dated May 1, 2000, relating to
Survivorship 2000 Prospectuses, consisting of 113 pages;
Supplement (in-force; retail channel) dated May 1, 2000, relating to
Survivorship Incentive Life Prospectuses, consisting of 113 pages;
Supplement (in-force; wholesale channel) dated May 1, 2000, relating to
Survivorship Incentive Life and Survivorship 2000 Prospectuses, dated May 1,
2000 consisting of 85 pages;
Supplement (Accounting Benefit Rider) dated May 1, 2000, relating to
Survivorship Incentive Life Prospectus dated May 1, 2000, consisting of 2 pages;
and
Supplement (for use in New York; wholesale channel) dated May 1, 2000 to
Survivorship Incentive Life Prospectus (retail 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 to prospectuses 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
