**UNITED STATESSECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**Washington, D.C. 20549**

**FORM 10-K**

(Mark One)

**x****  ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934**

**For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021or**

**o**** ****TRANSITIONREPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934**

**For the transition period from _____ to _____Commission file number of the issuing entity: 333-184376-03**

**Central Index Key Number of the issuing entity:0001571236**

**COMM 2013-CCRE7 Mortgage Trust**

**(exact name of the issuing entity as specified in itscharter)**

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**Central Index Key Number of the depositor: 0001013454**

**Deutsche Mortgage & AssetReceiving Corporation**

**(exact name of the depositor as specified in itscharter)**

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**Central Index Key Number of the sponsor: 0001541294**

**German American Capital Corporation**

**(exact name of the sponsor as specified in its charter)**

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**Central Index Key Number of the sponsor: 0001558761**

**Cantor Commercial Real EstateLending, L.P.**

**(exact name of the sponsor as specified in its charter)**

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**Central Index Key Number of the sponsor: 0001089877**

**KeyBank National Association**

**(exact name of the sponsor as specified in its charter)**

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| **New York****(State or other jurisdiction of  incorporation or organization of**

**the issuing entity)** | **38-3903369**

**38-3903370**

**38-7092922**

**(I.R.S. Employer**

**Identification Numbers)** |
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**c/o Wells Fargo Bank, National Association**

**as Certificate Administrator**

**9062 Old Annapolis Road**

**Columbia, MD**

**(Address of principalexecutive offices of the issuing entity)**

**21045**

**(Zip Code)**

**Registrant’s telephone number,including area code:**

**(212) 250-2500**

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each  exchange on which registered |
|---------------------|-------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| None                |              |                                       |

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of theAct:  None.

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-knownseasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. o Yes ⌧No

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required tofile reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. o Yes ⌧No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filedall reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the SecuritiesExchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter periodthat the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has beensubject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. ⌧ Yes oNo

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submittedelectronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every InteractiveData File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 ofRegulation S-T (Section 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months(or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and postsuch files).

Not applicable.

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filerspursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (Section 229.405 of this chapter) is notcontained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’sknowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated byreference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.

Not applicable.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a largeaccelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smallerreporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “largeaccelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and“emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large acceleratedfiler        o                                                                                                       Acceleratedfiler                                     o

Non-acceleratedfiler          ⌧  (Do not check if asmaller reporting company)                          Smaller reporting company                    o

                                                                                                                                                       Emerging growthcompany                    o

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if theregistrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complyingwith any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant toSection 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed areport on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectivenessof its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of theSarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firmthat prepared or issued its audit report. o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shellcompany (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). oYes ⌧ No

State the aggregate market value of the voting and non-votingcommon equity held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the price atwhich the common equity was last sold, or the average bid and asked price ofsuch common equity, as of the last business day of the registrant’s mostrecently completed second fiscal quarter.

Not applicable.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed alldocuments and reports required to be filed by Section 12, 13 or 15(d) of theSecurities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the distribution of securitiesunder a plan confirmed by a court. oYes oNo

Not applicable.

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of theregistrant’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

Not applicable.

**DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE**

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List hereunder the following documents if incorporated byreference and the Part of the Form 10-K (e.g., Part I, Part II, etc.) intowhich the document is incorporated: (1) Any annual report to security holders;(2) Any proxy or information statement; and (3) Any prospectus filed pursuantto Rule 424(b) or (c) under the Securities Act of 1933. The listed documentsshould be clearly described for identification purposes (e.g., annual report tosecurity holders for fiscal year ended December 24, 1980).

Not applicable.

 

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**EXPLANATORY NOTES**

 

The Moffett Towers Mortgage Loan,previously an asset of the issuing entity, was not an asset of the issuingentity during the reporting period and is omitted from this Annual Report onForm 10-K and will be omitted from subsequent Annual Reports on Form 10-K.

The master servicer of a poolingand servicing agreement or trust and servicing agreement also functions as theprimary servicer of the related mortgage loans serviced and administeredpursuant to such agreement unless a separate primary servicer is identifiedherein. If this report does not identify a separate primary servicer, theservicer compliance statement provided by the master servicer under any suchagreement also encompasses its responsibilities as primary servicer of therelated mortgage loan or mortgage loans.

This Annual Report on Form 10-Kincludes an assessment of compliance with applicable servicing criteria,accountants’ attestation report and servicer compliance statement fromComputershare Trust Company, National Association (“CTCNA”). CTCNA wasengaged by Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (“Wells Fargo”), inits capacity as certificate administrator and custodian, to perform certainspecified servicing functions identified in the assessment of compliance withapplicable servicing criteria and accountants’ attestation reports. Wells Fargoengaged CTCNA in connection with the sale of Wells Fargo’s corporate trust servicesbusiness to CTCNA and its affiliates. Further, under the principles-baseddefinition of “servicer” set forth in Item 1101(j) of Regulation AB that looksto the functions that an entity performs, this party is a “servicer” for thepurposes of Item 1123 of Regulation AB. See Compliance andDisclosure Interpretations, Section 301.01 (Item 1101(j)).

 

**PART I**

**Item 1. Business.**

Omitted.

**Item 1A. Risk Factors.**

Omitted.

**Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments.**

None.

**Item 2. Properties.**

Omitted.

**Item 3. Legal Proceedings.**

Omitted.

**Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.**

Not applicable.

**PART II**

**Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, RelatedStockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.**

Omitted.

**Item 6. Selected Financial Data.**

Omitted.

**Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of FinancialCondition and Results of Operations.**

Omitted.

**Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures AboutMarket Risk.**

Omitted.

**Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.**

Omitted.

**Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants onAccounting and Financial Disclosure.**

Omitted.

**Item 9A. Controls and Procedures.**

Omitted.

**Item 9B. Other Information.**

None.

**PART III**

**Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and CorporateGovernance.**

Omitted.

**Item 11. Executive Compensation.**

Omitted.

**Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Ownersand Management and Related Stockholder Matters.**

Omitted.

**Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions,and Director Independence.**

Omitted.

**Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services.**

Omitted.

**ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURE ITEMS FOR REGULATION AB**

**Item 1112(b) of Regulation AB, Significant ObligorFinancial Information.**

No single obligor represents 10% or more of the pool assetsheld by the issuing entity. 

 

**Item 1114(b)(2) of Regulation AB, Significant EnhancementProvider Financial Information.**

No entity or group of affiliated entities provides any external creditenhancement or other support for the certificates within this transaction asdescribed under Item 1114(a) of Regulation AB.

**Item 1115(b) of Regulation AB, Certain DerivativesInstruments (Financial Information).**

No entity or group of affiliated entities provides anyderivative instruments or other support for the certificates within thistransaction as described under Item 1115 of Regulation AB.

**Item 1117 of Regulation AB, Legal Proceedings.**

The registrant knows of no material pending legal proceedinginvolving the trust or any party related to the trust, other than routinelitigation incidental to the duties of those respective parties, and thefollowing, with respect to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee,Certificate Administrator and Custodian.

In December 2014, Phoenix Light SF Limited and certainrelated entities and the National Credit Union Administration (“NCUA”)filed complaints in the United States District Court for the Southern Districtof New York against Wells Fargo Bank, alleging claims against Wells Fargo Bank inits capacity as trustee for a number of residential mortgage-backed securitiestrusts. Complaints raising similar allegations have been filed by CommerzbankAG in the Southern District of New York and by IKB International and IKBDeutsche Industriebank in New York state court. In each case, the plaintiffsallege that Wells Fargo Bank, as trustee, caused losses to investors, andplaintiffs assert causes of action based upon, among other things, thetrustee’s alleged failure to notify and enforce repurchase obligations ofmortgage loan sellers for purported breaches of representations and warranties,notify investors of alleged events of default, and abide by appropriatestandards of care following alleged events of default. Wells Fargo Bankpreviously settled two class action lawsuits with similar allegations that werefiled in November 2014 and December 2016 by institutional investors in theSouthern District of New York and New York state court, respectively. Inaddition, Park Royal I LLC and Park Royal II LLC have filed complaints in NewYork state court alleging Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee, failed to takeappropriate actions upon learning of defective mortgage loan documentation. InMarch 2021, the Company entered into an agreement to resolve the case filed bythe NCUA.

 

In addition to the foregoingcases, in August 2014 and August 2015 Nomura Credit & Capital Inc. (“Nomura”)and Natixis Real Estate Holdings, LLC (“Natixis”) filed a total of seventhird-party complaints against Wells Fargo Bank in New York state court. In theunderlying first-party actions, Nomura and Natixis have been sued for allegedbreaches of representations and warranties made in connection with residentialmortgage-backed securities sponsored by them. In the third-party actions,Nomura and Natixis allege that Wells Fargo Bank, as master servicer, primaryservicer or securities administrator, failed to notify Nomura and Natixis oftheir own breaches, failed to properly oversee the primary servicers, andfailed to adhere to accepted servicing practices. Natixis additionally allegesthat Wells Fargo Bank failed to perform default oversight duties. Wells FargoBank has asserted counterclaims alleging that Nomura and Natixis failed toprovide Wells Fargo Bank notice of their representation and warranty breaches.

With respect to each of the foregoing litigations, WellsFargo Bank believes plaintiffs’ claims are without merit and intends to contestthe claims vigorously, but there can be no assurances as to the outcome of thelitigations or the possible impact of the litigations on Wells Fargo Bank orthe related RMBS trusts.

**Item 1119 of Regulation AB, Affiliations and CertainRelationships and Related Transactions.**

The information regarding this Item has been previouslyprovided in a prospectus supplement of the Registrant relating to the issuingentity filed on April 22, 2013 pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5).

**Item 1122 of Regulation AB, Compliance with ApplicableServicing Criteria.**

The reports on assessments of compliance with the servicingcriteria for asset-backed securities and related attestation reports on suchassessments of compliance with respect to the mortgage loans are attachedhereto under Item 15 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Attached as ScheduleII to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement incorporated by reference as Exhibit4 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K is a chart identifying the entitiesparticipating in a servicing function for the transaction responsible for eachapplicable servicing criteria set forth in Item 1122(d).

**Item 1123 of Regulation AB, Servicer Compliance Statement.**

The servicer compliance statements are attached as Exhibitsto this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

**PART IV**

**Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules**

(a) The following is a list of documents filed as part ofthis Annual Report on Form 10-K:

(1) Not applicable

(2) Not applicable

(3) See below

4             Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1,2013, by and among Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, asDepositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association,as Master Servicer, Situs Holdings, LLC, as Special Servicer, Wells Fargo Bank,National Association, as Trustee, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, asCertificate Administrator, Paying Agent and Custodian, and Park Bridge LenderServices LLC, as Operating Advisor (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the registrant’s CurrentReport on Form 8-K/A filed on May 16, 2013 under Commission File No.333-184376-03 and incorporated by reference herein).

31           Rule 13a-14(d)/15d-14(d) Certifications.

33           Reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backedsecurities.

33.1        Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank,National Association, as Master Servicer

33.2        Situs Holdings, LLC, as Special Servicer

33.3        Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trusteeand Certificate Administrator

33.4        Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodian

33.5        Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as OperatingAdvisor

33.6        KeyBank National Association (as successor toKeyCorp Real Estate Capital Markets, Inc.), as Primary Servicer

33.7        Computershare Trust Company, National Association,as Servicing Function Participant for the Trustee and Certificate Administratoron and after November 1, 2021

33.8        Computershare Trust Company, National Association,as Servicing Function Participant for the Custodian on and after November 1,2021

34           Attestationreports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backedsecurities.

34.1        Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank,National Association, as Master Servicer

34.2        Situs Holdings, LLC, as Special Servicer

34.3        Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trusteeand Certificate Administrator

34.4        Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, asCustodian

34.5        Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as OperatingAdvisor

34.6        KeyBank National Association (as successor toKeyCorp Real Estate Capital Markets, Inc.), as Primary Servicer

34.7        Computershare Trust Company, National Association,as Servicing Function Participant for the Trustee and Certificate Administratoron and after November 1, 2021

34.8        Computershare Trust Company, National Association,as Servicing Function Participant for the Custodian on and after November 1,2021

35           Servicer compliance statements.

35.1        Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank,National Association, as Master Servicer

35.2        Situs Holdings, LLC, as Special Servicer

35.3        Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, asCertificate Administrator

35.4        KeyBank National Association (as successor toKeyCorp Real Estate Capital Markets, Inc.), as Primary Servicer

35.5        Computershare Trust Company, National Association,as Servicing Function Participant for the Certificate Administrator on andafter November 1, 2021

99.1         Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 11,2013, between German American Capital Corporation and Deutsche Mortgage &Asset Receiving Corporation (filed as Exhibit 99.2 to the registrant’s CurrentReport on Form 8-K/A filed on May 16, 2013 under Commission File No.333-184376-03 and incorporated by reference herein)

99.2         Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 11,2013, between Cantor Commercial Real Estate Lending, L.P. and Deutsche Mortgage& Asset Receiving Corporation (filed as Exhibit 99.1 to the registrant’sCurrent Report on Form 8-K/A filed on May 16, 2013 under Commission File No.333-184376-03 and incorporated by reference herein)

99.3         Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 11,2013, between KeyBank National Association and Deutsche Mortgage & AssetReceiving Corporation (filed as Exhibit 99.3 to the registrant’s Current Reporton Form 8-K/A filed on May 16, 2013 under Commission File No. 333-184376-03 andincorporated by reference herein)

(b)   The exhibits required to be filed by theRegistrant pursuant to Item 601 of Regulation S-K are listed above.

(c)    Not Applicable.

 

**SIGNATURES**

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of theSecurities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report tobe signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Deutsche Mortgage & AssetReceiving Corporation(Depositor)

/s/ HelaineM. Kaplan

Helaine M.Kaplan, President

(senior officer in charge ofsecuritization of the depositor)

Date: March 14, 2022

/s/ MattSmith

Matt Smith, Director

Date: March 14, 2022