Rule13a-14(d)/15d-14(d) Certifications.

 

I,Helaine M. Kaplan, certify that:

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| 1.     | I have reviewed this report  on Form 10-K and all reports on Form 10-D required to be filed in respect of  the period covered by this report on Form 10-K of the COMM 2012-CCRE1  Mortgage Trust (the "Exchange Act periodic reports");                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
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| 2.     | Based on my knowledge, the  Exchange Act periodic reports, taken as a whole, do not contain any untrue  statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to  make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements  were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
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| 3.     | Based on my knowledge, all  of the distribution, servicing and other information required to be provided under  Form 10-D for the period covered by this report is included in the Exchange  Act periodic reports;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
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| 4.     | Based on my knowledge and  the servicer compliance statements required in this report under Item 1123 of  Regulation AB, and except as disclosed in the Exchange Act periodic reports,  the servicers have fulfilled their obligations under the servicing agreements  in all material respects; and                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
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| 5.     | All of the reports on assessment  of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities and their  related attestation reports on assessment of compliance with servicing  criteria for asset-backed securities required to be included in this report  in accordance with Item 1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act Rules 13a-18  and 15d-18 have been included as an exhibit to this report, except as  otherwise disclosed in this report. Any material instances of noncompliance  described in such reports have been disclosed in this report on Form 10-K. |
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Ingiving the certifications above, I have reasonably relied on informationprovided to me by the following unaffiliated parties:Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, Midland Loan Services,a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Special Servicer, U.S. BankNational Association, as Trustee, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, asCertificate Administrator, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, asCustodian, Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor, CoreLogicCommercial Real Estate Services, Inc., as Servicing Function Participant,National Tax Search, LLC, as Servicing Function Participant, KeyBank NationalAssociation, as Primary Servicer for the RiverTown Crossings Mall MortgageLoan, LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer for the RiverTown Crossings MallMortgage Loan, U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for the RiverTownCrossings Mall Mortgage Loan, Citibank, N.A., as Certificate Administrator forthe RiverTown Crossings Mall Mortgage Loan, Citibank, N.A., as Custodian forthe RiverTown Crossings Mall Mortgage Loan, TriMont Real Estate Advisors, Inc.,as Operating Advisor for the RiverTown Crossings Mall Mortgage Loan, U.S. BankNational Association, as Servicing Function Participant for the RiverTownCrossings Mall Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, asPrimary Servicer for the Crossgates Mall Mortgage Loan, Midland Loan Services,a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Special Servicer for theCrossgates Mall Mortgage Loan, U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee forthe Crossgates Mall Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, asCertificate Administrator for the Crossgates Mall Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank,National Association, as Custodian for the Crossgates Mall Mortgage Loan, ParkBridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor for the Crossgates MallMortgage Loan, CoreLogic Commercial Real Estate Services, Inc., as ServicingFunction Participant for the Crossgates Mall Mortgage Loan, and National TaxSearch, LLC, as Servicing Function Participant for the Crossgates Mall MortgageLoan.

 

Dated: March 20, 2017

 

/s/Helaine M. Kaplan

President

(senior officer in charge ofsecuritization of the depositor)