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The first author proved in a previous paper [J. Algebr. Geom. 9, 201--222 (2000; Zbl 0953.14033)] that the Cayley-Bacharach property of a zero-dimensional complete intersection in \(X\) is equivalent to the \(k\)-very ampleness of some adjoint linear system. In the paper under review, this result is generalized to zero-dimensional subschemes defined as the zero set of a global section of a vector bundle of rank \(n=\dim X\) (note that this is a generalization of a theorem of \textit{P. Griffiths} and \textit{J. Harris} [``Principles of algebraic geometry'' (1978; Zbl 0408.14001)]). Furthermore, a similar Cayley-Bacherach theorem is obtained for codimension two subschemes given by sections of rank two bundles. The proof uses Bogomolov's inequality. This result can be applied to reprove a theorem of \textit{R. Paoletti} [J. Differ. Geom. 40, 475--504 (1994; Zbl 0811.14034)], and to construct rank two vector bundles from codimension two subschemes. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0933.00031].