when did propecia started to be commercialized in EU?

Hey, guys: does anybody know when propecia commercialization began in EU, particularly in Spain?
I’m filling some questionnaires about PFS and I want to give precise answers on the length of time that I had the drug. I remember I started around 1.5 years after it became commercialized.

Thank you!

All I can say is I read about Propecia in France in a french magazine in the early months of 1999. That was the time I really started to notice my hair loss. But the article said it would cause impotence and low libido, so I refused to try it…

Until I was convinced by a Doc about the 1% b.s. and “recovering after treatment” in the Autumn of 2002…

Thanks, Y-C! That’s the year I’ve found in another Spanish forum. I thought it had been earlier.
Sorry about the sides; last thing I would imagine is a doctor pushing this drug to hair-loss patients :S